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Do Land Conservation Practices Have the Same Impact on Smallholder Maize Productivity? The Case of Bunda and Ileje Districts, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal for Population studies and Development

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Title Do Land Conservation Practices Have the Same Impact on Smallholder Maize Productivity? The Case of Bunda and Ileje Districts, Tanzania
 
Creator Selejio, Onesmo; University of Dar es Salaam
 
Description This paper analyses the adoption of sustainable land management and conservationpractices (SLMCPs) and their contribution to maize yield using cross-section data fromtwo distinct agro-ecological zones: Bunda and Ileje districts, which represent Lake andSouthern highland zones with medium and high rainfall, respectively. It samples 15villages from each district using both stratified and simple random sampling techniques,with a total of 482 households. Descriptive analysis shows that most commonly adoptedSLMCPs in all the districts were sustainable agronomic practices (SAPs), with anadoption rate of 91%. Other practices include soil water conservation and erosion control(SWCEC) (75%), and the use of organic (63%) and inorganic fertilizers (49%). Thedescriptive analysis and propensity score matching (PSM) results revealed that adoptersof SLMCPs and their interactions (with the exception of SAPs), particularlyintercropping, had higher yields than their counterparts (non-adopters). The yieldsvaried across SLMCPs and areas. These results imply that the provision of rightknowledge and promotion of the adoption of SLMPs and their interactions is pertinentin increasing productivity. However, such initiatives in a given area should be backedby local knowledge and research for effective adoption and sustainable productivity.  Keywords: conservation practices, maize productivity, cross-section data, propensity scorematching
 
Publisher Tanzania Journal for Population studies and Development
 
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Date 2019-05-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjpsd/article/view/2616
 
Source Tanzania Journal for Population studies and Development; Vol 24, No 1&2 (2017): TJPSD
 
Language en
 
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