Micro-level analysis of climate-smart agriculture adoption and effect on household food security in semi-arid Nakasongola District in Uganda
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2022
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Environmental Research: Climate
Abstract
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is fronted as a sustainable, transformative, and technologically
innovative approach that increases agricultural productivity, income and enhances greenhouse gas
mitigation. However, there is limited micro-level evidence on the effects of the adoption of CSA on
food security despite intensified promotion efforts in Uganda. A cross-sectional household survey
among 165 respondents, undertaken in August–September 2020, was used to collect requisite data.
Principal component analysis (PCA) with iteration and varimax rotation and analysis of variance
were used in characterizing CSA practices. An ordered logit model was applied to identify the
reported levels of CSA utility. Meanwhile, an endogenous switching regression was adopted to
determine the effect of CSA adoption on household food security. Results showed that households
used a combination of practices, including soil and water management, pasture management,
livestock productivity and disease management. The PCA results revealed six major categories for
the 16 most commonly used CSA practice combinations. The key factors that influenced the
adoption of CSA practices among households included; access to climate information, total
livestock units, ownership of non-livestock assets, and participation in off-farm activities. Results
also revealed that the expected food consumption scores (FCS) for adopters and non-adopters were
53.87 and 66.92 respectively. However, when adopters and non-adopters were compared, we found
that the adopters of CSA practices would have had a significantly lower counterfactual FCS had
they not adopted CSA. While the adoption levels of CSA in this study is low, the counterfactual
effects have shown that households that adopted CSA would have had a lower FCS and therefore
lower food security status had they not adopted CSA. We recommend CSA promotional efforts
that give more attention to combined CSA practices and respond to local production constraints.
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Climate-smart agriculture, Security, Food consumption scores, Agro-pastoralism, Adoption, Adopters, Non-adopters
Citation
Egeru, A., Bbosa, M. M., Siya, A., Asiimwe, R., & Mugume, I. (2022). Micro-level analysis of climate-smart agriculture adoption and effect on household food security in semi-arid Nakasongola District in Uganda. Environmental Research: Climate, 1(2), 025003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ac875d