scholarly journals High-productive agricultural technologies to fulfill future food demands: Hydroponics, aquaponics, and precision/smart agriculture

2022 ◽  
pp. 555-567
Author(s):  
D.M.K.S. Hemathilake ◽  
D.M.C.C. Gunathilake
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Smart Agriculture

scholarly journals Determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies in rice production in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhat Lam Duyen Tran ◽  
Roberto F. Rañola, ◽  
Bjoern Ole Sander ◽  
Wassmann Reiner ◽  
Dinh Tien Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Switching Regression ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Technical Capacity ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose In recent years, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) was introduced to Vietnam to enhance farmers’ resilience and adaptation to climate change. Among the climate-smart agricultural technologies (CSATs) introduced were water-saving techniques and improved stress tolerant varieties. This study aims to examine the determinants of farmers’ adoption of these technologies and the effects of their adoption on net rice income (NRI) in three provinces as follows: Thai Binh (North), Ha Tinh (Central) and Bac Lieu (South). Design/methodology/approach Determinants of adoption of CSATs and the adoption effects on NRI are analyzed by using a multinomial endogenous switching regression framework. Findings The results showed that gender, age, number of family workers, climate-related factors, farm characteristics, distance to markets, access to climate information, confidence on the know-how of extension workers, membership in social/agricultural groups and attitude toward risk were the major factors affecting the decision to adopt CSATs. However, the effects of these factors on the adoption of CSATs varied across three provinces. These technologies when adopted tend to increase NRI but the increase is much greater when these are combined. Practical implications It is important to consider first the appropriateness of the CSA packages to the specific conditions of the target areas before they are promoted. It is also necessary to enhance the technical capacity of local extension workers and provide farmers more training on CSATs. Originality/value This study is the first attempt to identify key determinants of adoption of CSATs either singly or in combination and the adoption effects on NRI in Vietnam.

scholarly journals Uptake of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices: Actual and Potential Adoption Rates in the Climate-Smart Village Site of Mali

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Ouédraogo ◽  
Prosper Houessionon ◽  
Robert B. Zougmoré ◽  
Samuel Tetteh Partey
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Organic Manure ◽  
Average Treatment Effect ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Crop Varieties ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
And Training

Understanding the level of adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices and its drivers is needed to spur large-scale uptake of CSA in West Africa. This paper used the Average Treatment Effect framework to derive consistent parametric estimators of the potential adoption rates of eight CSA technologies and practices in the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) site of Mali. A total of 300 household heads were randomly selected within the CSV site for data collection. Results showed significant differences in the observed and potential adoption rates of the CSA technologies and practices (drought tolerant crop varieties, micro-dosing, organic manure, intercropping, contour farming, farmer managed natural regeneration, agroforestry and climate information service). The most adopted technology was the organic manure (89%) while the least adopted was the intercropping (21%). The observed adoption rate varied from 39% to 77% according to the CSA options while the potential adoption rates of the technologies and practices ranged from 55% to 81%. This implies an adoption gap of 2% to 16% due to the incomplete diffusion (lack of awareness) of CSA technologies and practices which must be addressed by carrying out more actions to disseminate these technologies in the CSV. Results showed that education, number of workers in the household, access to subsidies, and training have a positive effect on the adoption of most of the CSA technologies and practices. The adoption of drought tolerant varieties and micro-dosing are positively correlated with access to subsidies and training. The study suggests that efforts should be focused concomitantly on the diffusion of CSA options as well as the lifting of their adoption barriers.

scholarly journals Climate-Smart Agriculture and Non-Agricultural Livelihood Transformation

Climate ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Hellin ◽  
Eleanor Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Farm Households ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Land Distribution ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Farming Households

Agricultural researchers have developed a number of agricultural technologies and practices, known collectively as climate-smart agriculture (CSA), as part of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. Development practitioners invest in scaling these to have a wider impact. We use the example of the Western Highlands in Guatemala to illustrate how a focus on the number of farmers adopting CSA can foster a tendency to homogenize farmers, instead of recognizing differentiation within farming populations. Poverty is endemic in the Western Highlands, and inequitable land distribution means that farmers have, on average, access to 0.06 ha per person. For many farmers, agriculture per se does not represent a pathway out of poverty, and they are increasingly reliant on non-agricultural income sources. Ineffective targeting of CSA, hence, ignores small-scale farming households’ different capacities for livelihood transformation, which are linked to the opportunities and constraints afforded by different livelihood pathways, agricultural and non-agricultural. Climate-smart interventions will often require a broader and more radical agenda that includes supporting farm households’ ability to build non-agricultural-based livelihoods. Climate risk management options that include livelihood transformation of both agricultural and non-agricultural livelihoods will require concerted cross-disciplinary research and development that encompasses a broader set of disciplines than has tended to be the case to date within the context of CSA.

scholarly journals Assessment of vegetable production by adopting climate SMART agriculture technologies in Chormara, Nawalparasi district, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-541
Author(s):  
Sarthak Gaire ◽  
Shridhika Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
The Cost

Vegetable production is an economic booster contributing around 9.71% to total Agricultural Gross Domestic Production. So, the research study was performed under the topic “Assessment of vegetable production adopting climate-smart agriculture technologies in Chormara, Nawalparasi district” from March- April 2021 to assess the production of selected vegetables i.e. Cucumber, Tomato, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, and Chilly adopting climate-smart agriculture technology among 100 households applying simple random sampling. The study revealed that 96% of the total respondents were being affected directly by the ongoing climate change and to tackle such scenario 88% of the total respondents were adopting climate SMART Agricultural technologies including mulching, drip irrigation, cultivation of vegetables under the semi-protected house, quality seeds, etc. to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change with increased crop production. To enhance the productivity of vegetables and meet the food security of the increasing global population, farmers were integrating organic and synthetic fertilizers to attain the sustainability of soil health. It was found that 76% of the surveyed farmers were going through market hindrances like lack of proper market, fluctuation in price structure, and poor marketing channel suggesting an immediate need for a proper marketing system in the study area. The highest net return of USD 17588.53 per hectare and B:C ratio of 5.88 in tomatoes illustrated economic viability in vegetable production. Although vegetable production and marketing in Chormara seem a profitable business, the study suggests an immediate need for adoption and scaling up of successful CSA practices, its extension and proper implementation along with the provision of effective marketing channel and setting of minimum prices for the vegetable products based on the cost of cultivation that may overcome the farmer’s problems.

Bringing the Concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture to Life

10.1596/31064 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chase Anthony Sova ◽  
Godefroy Grosjean ◽  
Tobias Baedeker ◽  
Tam Ninh Nguyen ◽  
Martin Wallner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Agriculture

SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR GREENING THE STEPPE AGRO-TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON SMART DIGITAL AGRICULTURE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.A. Gulyanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Digital Agriculture

The article discusses the scientific approaches to the development of promising ways of greening steppe agricultural technologies aimed at the leveling of a trench heterogeneity with the use of intelligent digital technology. In order to minimize negative environmental consequences, the necessity of carrying out a complex of rehabilitation agrotechnical measures that have a soil-restoring and environmentimproving effect is justified.

Incentives of the State to promote the retrofitting of the agricultural sector: Regional considerations

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1101-1113
Author(s):  
M.Sh. Gutuev ◽  
B.Sh. Ibragimova
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Technological Equipment ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Abstract Logic ◽  
Land Cultivation ◽  
Equipment Acquisition ◽  
Acquisition Costs ◽  
The Republic

Subject. The article discusses the availability of technological equipment in the agriculture of the Republic of Dagestan. Objectives. We analyze the current situation and trends in the development of available technological equipment in the republican agriculture, identify the role and place of machine and tractor fleet in the retrofitting of the regional agriculture. Methods. The study is based on monographic, abstract logic, statistical, analytical methods. Results. Dagestan has got a critically few technological equipment, which affects the development of the regional agricultural sector. The availability of technological equipment is found to have dramatically reduced in animal husbandry for the recent 30 years. The availability of technological equipment and land cultivation strongly correlates, thus simplifying applicable agricultural technologies. Most agricultural producers of Dagestan were found to be unable to participate in the program for federal agricultural lease. Conclusions and Relevance. The deterioration of available technological equipment in agriculture is a key cause undermining the competitiveness of products and efficiency of the regional agriculture. We prove the importance of governmental actions incentivizing the influx of new technological equipment, including a set of measures reinforcing the availability of technological equipment. As long as most agricultural producers are microbusinesses that lack resources to participate in many machine renovation programs, funding should be increased substantially to subsidize a portion of equipment acquisition costs incurred by agricultural producers, and a portion of reimbursed costs as much as at least 50 percent of the value of agricultural machines acquired.

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