Alemu Taye, Tolossa Degefa, Senbeta Feyera, Zeleke Tesfaye
Department of Development Economics and Management, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia.
Center of Rural Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2023 Feb 21;9(3):e13946. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13946. eCollection 2023 Mar.
The government of Ethiopia has undertaken several projects to restore degraded farmlands using a variety of sustainable land management (SLM) techniques. One of the critical elements of the program was the rehabilitation of farmlands using physical soil and water conservation (SWC) strategies. This study examines household determinants of continued SWC adoption performances using areas representing a variety of contexts. The analysis was conducted using a binary logit model based on data collected from 525 sample households in two districts, namely Kewet and Sebeta-hawas. Of the study participants, 276 households were from the Kewet district in the Amhara region, and 249 households were from Sebeta-hawas in the Oromia region. The study findings revealed a significant difference between sampled households in the study areas regarding continued adoption performances, i.e. (25%) in the Sebeta-hawas and (41%) in the Kewet districts. Among others, productivity gains, consistent follow-up, sufficient farm labor, livestock holding, assistance-free efforts, the experience of soil erosion risks, and sloppy farm plots provided incentives for households to embrace the already introduced measures. Aside from that, there appeared to be differences in the relative contributions and significance of determinants influencing the likelihood of continued adoption. The important conclusion is that adoption effectiveness may differ under different circumstances and agro-ecosystems. Variables influencing continued adoption are also context-specific. Thus, decision-makers should consider contextual variations in designing policies and strategies that promote adoption continuities and utilizations.
埃塞俄比亚政府开展了多个项目，运用各种可持续土地管理（SLM）技术来恢复退化的农田。该项目的关键要素之一是采用物理土壤和水资源保护（SWC）策略来恢复农田。本研究使用代表各种背景的区域，考察了农户持续采用SWC措施的决定因素。分析采用二元logit模型，数据来自两个地区（即凯韦特和塞贝塔 - 哈瓦斯）的525个样本农户。研究参与者中，276户来自阿姆哈拉地区的凯韦特区，249户来自奥罗米亚地区的塞贝塔 - 哈瓦斯。研究结果显示，研究区域内抽样农户在持续采用情况方面存在显著差异，即塞贝塔 - 哈瓦斯区为（25%），凯韦特区为（41%）。其中，生产力提高、持续跟进、充足的农业劳动力、牲畜存栏、无需援助的努力、土壤侵蚀风险经历以及坡耕地等因素促使农户接受已采用的措施。除此之外，影响持续采用可能性的决定因素在相对贡献和重要性方面似乎存在差异。重要结论是，在不同情况和农业生态系统下，采用效果可能不同。影响持续采用的变量也因具体情况而异。因此，决策者在设计促进采用连续性和利用的政策和战略时应考虑具体情况的差异。
