An analysis of secondary data from the National Panel Survey in Tanzania revealed physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation technologies among small-scale maize farmers. Findings revealed, for example, only 13.9 percent of those had adopted soil conservation technology. This was cited as small, compared with other countries.
"The argument advanced here is that actor-network theory is useful in analyzing conservation agriculture as a radically different agriculture: a new paradigm with new beliefs about soils, plants, and environment, and farmers themselves as well as new crop production systems."
Toland, Alexandra R. (author), Wessolek, Gerd (author), and Institute for Ecology, Dept. of Soil Protection, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2010-08
Published:
Austria: International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), c/o Institut fur Bodenforschung, Universitat fur Bodenkultur; Wien; Austria
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08056
Journal Title Details:
pp. 8-12
Notes:
Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil solutions for a changing world, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August 2010. Symposium 4.5.2 Soil and human culture
3 pages, via online journal, The fast-moving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic engulfed the world within four months from December to March of 2020, with long-lasting impacts on social, economic, political, educational, and scientific programs. It exacerbated risks of food and nutritional insecurity for a large segment of society, and threats of disruption in the food supply chain may be aggravated by climate change, soil degradation, and the flood/drought syndrome. Ensuring adequate access to nutritious food is a daunting challenge even in developed/scientifically advanced countries, and is a sheer tragedy in poor nations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06597
Notes:
Abstract of paper presented in the History Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010., Features an independent quarterly periodical that testified to the importance of sustainable agricultural practice from 1939 to 1954.
