THREE‐STAGE ANALYSIS OF THE ADOPTION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF RWANDA
THREE‐STAGE ANALYSIS OF THE ADOPTION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF RWANDA
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10.1002/ldr.2145
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发表时间：
2014-07
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
A. Bizoza
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作者：
A. Bizoza
本文利用卢旺达高地 301 个家庭的数据进行三阶段分析，调查了长凳露台的采用情况。持续采用长凳露台是为了考虑愿意保留和增加使用已建成露台的强度的采用者和愿意开发新长凳露台的新采用者。结果表明，农民无力维护现有梯田可能是他们不愿采用新梯田的原因。同样的无能解释了为什么卢旺达北部和南部的农民没有很好地维护和充分利用早期建造的一些梯田。旨在提高农民投资补充投入的能力的政策行动将维持卢旺达未来几代的水土保持措施。版权所有 © 2012 约翰·威利父子有限公司
This paper investigates the adoption of bench terraces by applying a three‐stage analysis using data from 301 households in the highlands of Rwanda. Ongoing adoption of bench terraces is ‘unpacked’ to consider both adopters willing to retain and increase the intensity of using terraces already constructed and new adopters willing to develop new bench terraces. Results suggest that farmers' inability to maintain existing terraces may explain the reluctance to adopt new terraces. The same inability explains why some of the terraces constructed earlier are not well maintained and fully used by farmers in northern and southern Rwanda. Policy actions aimed at improving farmer's capacity to invest in complementary inputs will sustain future generations of soil and water conservation measures in Rwanda. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.