Understanding the conditions of conservation agriculture adoption in Lango region, Uganda. Issue 10 (25th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaweesa, Sara Helen; Ndah, Hycenth Tim; Schuler, Johannes; Melcher, Andreas; Loiskandl, Willibald
• Is Part Of: Agroecology and sustainable food systems. Volume 44:Issue 10(2020)
• Page Start: 1260
• Page End: 1279
• Publication Date: 2020-11-25
• Subjects: QAToCA tool -- adoption -- Northern Uganda -- Lango sub-region -- conservation agriculture; Sustainable agriculture -- Periodicals; Agricultural ecology -- Periodicals; 577.55
• DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2020.1751769
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-3565

Abstract

ABSTRACT: To better understand Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption in mid-northern Uganda, a successfully tried method, the Q ualitative Expert A ssessment To ol for CA (QAToCA) was used. QAToCA is an expert-based, qualitative, self-assessment guide for determining the relative likelihood of CA adoption within a site-specific context. The results show that CA adoption in the region is highly probable. The two main reasons farmers adopt CA techniques are the dissemination strategy as well as the provided information about CA. The tool also highlighted that the prevailing volatile climate and market conditions are the main constraints to adopting CA at household level.