%0 Journal Article
%T Using the Ordered Probit Model to Predict Drivers for Adoption of Multiple Soil Fertility Management and Conservation Technologies in Potato Production Systems in Uganda
%A Robert Muzira
%A John Steven Tenywa
%A Twaha Ali Basamba
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 8
%N 12
%P 1-12
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2021
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1107922
%X Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a major staple food crop and a source of household income in Eastern Africa, particularly the highland areas. Potato production systems are characterized by a spiral of nutrient depletion, leading to low tuber yields and quality. In order to increase potato production particularly in the highlands of south-western Uganda, farmers have destroyed soil conservation structures and encroached on marginal areas. This has further escalated land degradation in form of soil nutrient exhaustion and erosion on the hill-slopes. To reverse soil nutrient exhaustion, CIAT implemented a project named ¡°Enabling Rural Innovation¡ªERI¡± in an alliance with other research and development partners. The main objective of ERI project was to enhance farmers¡¯ capacity to invest in sustainable soil fertility management and conservation in potato production systems through 1) farmers¡¯ training in soil fertility management and conservation; and 2) linking farmers to urban markets. After five years of farmers getting engaged in potato-agro enterprise, another study was conducted to assess influence of market linkage and other socio-economic factors on farmer¡¯s investments in multiples soil fertility management and conservation innovations in potato production systems. Using probit model, it was revealed that farmer¡¯s likelihood to invest in two or more soil fertility management and conservation innovations was influenced by his age, education level, hired labor, possession of small ruminants and enhanced market linkage.
%K Potato
%K Soil Fertility
%K Soil Conservation
%K Market Linkages
%K Farmers¡¯ Investments
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6763437