Adoption Of Irrigation Technology To Combat Household Food Insecurity In The Resource-constrained Farming Systems Of The Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

M. Christian, A. Obi, I. Agbugba
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Sustainable water management has been identified as a powerful tool to combat persistent food insecurity in South Africa’s poor rural communities. The irrigation revitalisation scheme was launched in the first decade of post-Apartheid South Africa and focused on smallholder farmers in the former homeland areas. However, the adoption of irrigation technology has been limited, while official data point to worsening poverty rates and food insecurity as agricultural output declines in the face of rising prices. There is thus strong policy interest to ascertain the circumstances in which irrigation adoption can be enhanced. A cross-sectional research design was utilised to collect data from 200 farmers (adopters and non-adopters) selected through a combination of purposive and stratified sampling methods. Probit regression results suggest that irrigation adoption is influenced by distance to the irrigation scheme, age of the farmer, family size, credit access, extension contact, and group membership. Water management programmes that address community access to irrigation water are likely to enhance adoption of irrigation technology, with credit access and extension provided to ensure sustainable use of the technology. Keywords: Eastern Cape, Extension services, Food insecurity, Irrigation adoption, Smallholder farmers
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在南非东开普省资源有限的农业系统中采用灌溉技术解决家庭粮食不安全问题
可持续水资源管理已被确定为解决南非贫困农村社区持续存在的粮食不安全问题的有力工具。灌溉振兴计划是在南非种族隔离后的第一个十年启动的,重点是前家园地区的小农。然而,灌溉技术的采用一直有限,而官方数据显示,由于农产品产量在价格上涨的情况下下降,贫困率和粮食不安全状况正在恶化。因此,确定在何种情况下可以加强灌溉的采用具有强烈的政策利益。采用横断面研究设计,通过目的抽样和分层抽样相结合的方法,从200名农民(收养者和非收养者)中收集数据。Probit回归结果表明,灌溉采用受灌溉方案的距离、农民年龄、家庭规模、信贷获取、推广联系和群体成员的影响。解决社区获得灌溉用水问题的水管理方案可能会促进灌溉技术的采用,并提供信贷和推广,以确保可持续地利用该技术。关键词:东开普省,推广服务,粮食不安全,灌溉采用,小农
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