Mvula, Albert and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806
(2021)
Farmer experiences of Tiyeni’s ‘deep-bed farming’ conservation agriculture system in Malawi.
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 45 (2).
pp. 175-196.
ISSN 2168-3573
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Abstract
In the context of increasing NGO interest in the capacity of conservation agriculture methods to support sustainable agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa, this paper explores the experiences of farmers (n = 111) adopting the Tiyeni NGO’s deep-bed farming (DBF) system in northern Malawi. The results of a field survey suggest that whilst DBF delivers significant livelihood benefits for farmers relative to traditional techniques (a factor arguably driving its rapid spontaneous adoption throughout the area), some asset-poor farmers are unable to sustain DBF due to its labor demands. We argue that to widen its beneficial impacts in a manner that can be sustained, there is a need for Tiyeni’s DBF to be less prescriptive and more adaptive to specific social-ecological contexts.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | sub-Saharan Africa, conservation agriculture, NGO, social-ecological, livelihoods, SERG |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
Divisions: | College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment |
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Depositing User: | Alan Dixon |
Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2020 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 15:29 |
URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9783 |
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