Adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices: assessing the role of institutional and socio economic factors amongst smallholder farmers.

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dc.contributor.authorKule, Enos Katya
dc.contributor.authorAgole, David
dc.contributor.authorObia, Alfred
dc.contributor.authorOkello, Daniel Micheal
dc.contributor.authorOdongo, Walter
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-02T10:00:37Z
dc.date.available2025-04-02T10:00:37Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractSustainable agricultural intensification practices (SAIPs) are highly recommended for smallholder farmers due to their positive impact on farm production and productivity. However, farmers remain reluctant to adopt SAIPs resulting in low agricultural productivity in Uganda. This study assessed the institutional and socio-economic factors affecting the adoption and adoption intensity of SAIPs amongst smallholder maize farmers in Eastern Uganda. Primary data were collected from 320 maize farmers in Kamuli and Jinja districts using a pretested questionnaire. The binomial logistic and generalized Poisson regression models were used to compute the predictor variables of adoption and adoption intensity of SAIPs respectively. Results showed that improved maize varieties, conservation tillage, legume intercrop, integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and integrated pest management (IPM) were adopted by 58, 36, 44, 52, and 56% of the farmers. Institutional factors i.e., group membership, access to all-weather roads, credit, and extension information were the significant predictors of the adoption and the adoption intensity of SAIPs. Socio-economic factors i.e., market-oriented farming influenced both the adoption and adoption intensity of SAIPs, age of family head, family labour use, household size, and dependence ratio, only positively influenced the adoption intensity of adoption of SAIPs. The policy implications of this study include the need to strengthen agricultural extension institutions and streamline extension information disseminated to farmers to enhance the adoption of SAIPs. Farmers should be advised to utilize cheap credit services such as village savings and loan associations to facilitate the adoption of SAIPs.
dc.identifier.citationKatya Kule, E., Agole, D., Obia, A., Okello, D. M., & Odongo, W. (2025). Adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices: assessing the role of institutional and socio-economic factors amongst smallholder farmers. Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1), 2470373.
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2025.2470373
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2901
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group.
dc.relation.ispartofseries11
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Statesen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectAdoption
dc.subjectintensity adoption
dc.subjectsmallholder farmers
dc.subjectmaize production
dc.subjectsustainable agricultural intensification practices
dc.subjectinstitutional factors
dc.subjectsocio-economic factors
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleAdoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices: assessing the role of institutional and socio economic factors amongst smallholder farmers.
dc.typeArticle

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