Does Adoption of Multiple Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Rural Farm Households' Food Security in Ethiopia?

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Main Authors: Tibebu Legesse, Zerhun Ganewo, Abera Alemu, Aneteneh Ashebir, Andachew Samuel, Yaynabeba Abayneh
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author Tibebu Legesse
Zerhun Ganewo
Abera Alemu
Aneteneh Ashebir
Andachew Samuel
Yaynabeba Abayneh
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Zerhun Ganewo
Abera Alemu
Aneteneh Ashebir
Andachew Samuel
Yaynabeba Abayneh
Tibebu Legesse
Zerhun Ganewo
Abera Alemu
Aneteneh Ashebir
Andachew Samuel
Yaynabeba Abayneh
collection Wiley Open Access
contents Does Adoption of Multiple Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Rural Farm Households' Food Security in Ethiopia? Tibebu Legesse Zerhun Ganewo Abera Alemu Aneteneh Ashebir Andachew Samuel Yaynabeba Abayneh Food and Energy Security ABSTRACTClimate‐smart agriculture (CSA) is a set of economically and environmentally friendly practices that can address the issues of food security under the new realities of climate change. However, the adoption of these practices among smallholder farmers is still low, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. Thus, the main objective of this study was to assess the factors determining rural farm households' adoption of CSA practices and their impact on food security in the Sidama region, Ethiopia. Primary data for this study were obtained from a randomly selected sample of 523 households using a pre‐tested, structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, multivariate probit, and an endogenous switching regression model. The study found that, in the study area, conservation of agriculture is the most popular CSA practice, which is adopted by 96.2% of the adopters, followed by soil fertility management (82.2%), crop diversification (62.3%), small‐scale irrigation (47.9%), and crop–livestock integration (40.7%). The multivariate probit model revealed that the sex of the household head, age of the household head, educational level of the household head, extension contact, information on climate change, and distance to the market were identified as determinants for the adoption of CSA practices. Furthermore, the endogenous switching regression model analysis revealed that adoption of CSA practices increased rural farm household food security status. Therefore, this paper suggests that smallholder farmers should incorporate CSA practices to improve their food security. 10.1002/fes3.70021 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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spellingShingle Does Adoption of Multiple Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Rural Farm Households' Food Security in Ethiopia?
Tibebu Legesse
Zerhun Ganewo
Abera Alemu
Aneteneh Ashebir
Andachew Samuel
Yaynabeba Abayneh
Food and Energy Security
Does Adoption of Multiple Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Rural Farm Households' Food Security in Ethiopia? Tibebu Legesse Zerhun Ganewo Abera Alemu Aneteneh Ashebir Andachew Samuel Yaynabeba Abayneh Food and Energy Security ABSTRACTClimate‐smart agriculture (CSA) is a set of economically and environmentally friendly practices that can address the issues of food security under the new realities of climate change. However, the adoption of these practices among smallholder farmers is still low, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. Thus, the main objective of this study was to assess the factors determining rural farm households' adoption of CSA practices and their impact on food security in the Sidama region, Ethiopia. Primary data for this study were obtained from a randomly selected sample of 523 households using a pre‐tested, structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, multivariate probit, and an endogenous switching regression model. The study found that, in the study area, conservation of agriculture is the most popular CSA practice, which is adopted by 96.2% of the adopters, followed by soil fertility management (82.2%), crop diversification (62.3%), small‐scale irrigation (47.9%), and crop–livestock integration (40.7%). The multivariate probit model revealed that the sex of the household head, age of the household head, educational level of the household head, extension contact, information on climate change, and distance to the market were identified as determinants for the adoption of CSA practices. Furthermore, the endogenous switching regression model analysis revealed that adoption of CSA practices increased rural farm household food security status. Therefore, this paper suggests that smallholder farmers should incorporate CSA practices to improve their food security. 10.1002/fes3.70021 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Does Adoption of Multiple Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Rural Farm Households' Food Security in Ethiopia?
topic Food and Energy Security
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.70021