Anthropogenic Land Use Change and Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date
2022-10
Authors
Tione, Sarah
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African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
Agricultural production and productivity (crop and livestock) is increasing
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at the cost high carbon footprint. Emissions of
greenhouse gases is mainly from land use changes, food and feed production
and manure management. This double burden is slowing down development
efforts, particularly in SSA. Agricultural policy has been promoting Climate-Smart
Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices especially among smallholder
farmers. Although there is compelling evidence on the impact of CSA technologies
on agricultural productivity,their uptake in low-income is still lowand considered
unsatisfactory (Makate, 2019). Hence, empirical gap exists in context-specific
studies, particularly, on intertemporal and spatial anthropogenic changes of land
use related to CSA household decisions to inform policy. We considered a basket
of CSA practices, including soil erosion control variables like terraces, control
bunds (stones, earth or sandbags/gibbons),tree belt, water harvesting bunds and
drainage ditches; Use of organic manure; Irrigation farming by diverting streams,
hand and treadle pumps, motor or gravity-fed; land preparation techniques that
include box ridges, zero tillage, pit planting, ripping and minimum tillage. Data
is from LSMS and FAOSTAT.