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- ELLI-JONES, J. (1)
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- Agricultural productivity ; Agricultural technique ; Agriculture ; Central America ; Farmer behaviour ; Motivation ; Soil conservation ; Sustainable development (1)
- Agricultural productivity ; Agriculture ; Andes ; Bolivia ; Farming system ; Rural life ; Soil conservation ; Technology ; Water management (1)
- Agricultural technique ; Agriculture ; Bolivia ; Farmer behaviour ; Hill ; Participation ; Resource management ; Semi-arid area ; Soil conservation (1)
- Agriculture ; Agroforesterie ; Comportement des agriculteurs ; Conditions de vie ; Gestion des ressources ; Népal ; Participation ; Structure socio-économique ; Système de culture (1)
- Agriculture ; Agroforestry ; Farmer behaviour ; Farming system ; Living conditions ; Nepal ; Participation ; Resource management ; Socio-economic system (1)
- Agriculture ; Amérique centrale ; Comportement des agriculteurs ; Conservation des sols ; Développement durable ; Motivation ; Productivité agricole ; Technique agricole (1)
- Agriculture ; Andes ; Bolivie ; Cochabamba ; Conservation des sols ; Gestion de l'eau ; Productivité agricole ; Système de culture ; Technologie ; Vie rurale (1)
- Agriculture ; Bolivie ; Colline ; Comportement des agriculteurs ; Conservation des sols ; Domaine semi-aride ; Gestion des ressources ; Participation ; Technique agricole (1)
- Colline ; Conditions de vie ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Gestion des ressources ; Montagne ; Niveau de vie ; Pauvreté ; Ressource naturelle (1)
- Environmental degradation ; Hill ; Living conditions ; Living standard ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Poverty ; Resource management (1)
- Special issue : Part I (5)
- Going with the flow or an uphill struggle ? Directions for participatory research in hillside environments (1)
- Livelihood strategies and assets of small farmers in the evaluation of soil and water management practices in the temperature inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia (1)
- Poverty, land care, and sustainable livelihoods in hillside and mountain regions (1)
- Reasons for non-adoption of soil conservation technologies and how to overcome them (1)
- Socioeconomic factors and agro-forestry improvments in the hills of Nepal (1)
- Reasons for non-adoption of soil conservation technologies and how to overcome them
- Paper focuses on reasons for the non-adoption, at least over the long run, of soil conservation technologies by local farmers. Governments are criticized for promoting expensive structures aimed at soil retention rather than at vegetative cover
- . Long-term adoption depends on building community capabilities that permit farmers to experiment and innovate. The results of COSECHA's field studies on farmer productivity and technological adoption are discussed. - (SLD)
- Agricultural productivity ; Agriculture ; Andes ; Bolivia ; Farming system ; Rural life ; Soil conservation ; Technology ; Water management
- Using a case study from the mid-Andean valleys of the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia, the A. examine the social and economic factors that influence household response to soil and water conservation technologies (SWC). They found that in less
- intensive systems with no irrigation the adoption of such technologies is low. Also, the establishment and maintanance costs of SWC had to be low for unsubsidized adoption to be visible. - (SLD)
- and scientific knowledge have been joined to create new appropriate technologies for the semi-arid hillsides there. She further advocates stakeholder forums as a way to augment the flow of information. - (SLD)
- In the run, households and local communities will attain livelihood security through their own ingenuity and with help from institutions and technologies. In the short run, however, we need to develop a better understanding of the causes of poverty
- into consideration socioeconomic factors such as the security of access to resources, livelihood strategies, gender roles and division of labor, family member allocation of income and farm products, technological adaptation, local knowledge, and communication