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OCLC number
1007122973
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Author
Dzuda, Lorraine Nyaradzo,1975-
Title
Analysis of soil and water conservation techniques in Zimbabwe : a duration analysis.
Degree
M. Sc. -- University of Alberta, 2001
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2002]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This study investigates factors explaining the divergences in the amounts of time taken by farmers to adopt Soil and Water Conservation Technologies (SWC) in Zimbabwe. Previous studies suggest that informational problems limit the farmer's ability to correctly anticipate the long-term productivity consequences of current land use practices and that farmers possibly undergo stages of learning and updating their knowledge of the distributions of the benefits and costs of SWC. Several factors that potentially influence the time taken to adopt SWC technologies were identified and included in a duration model. The results suggest that the longer a household has gone without adopting any SWC technology, the more likely they are to adopt in the following year. The results also suggest that adoption is more likely in the first five years of the management life of the farmer. The distributions of the times taken to adopt individual SWC technologies differ considerably.
ISBN
0612604241
9780612604247