Evidence of collaborative opportunities to ensure long-term sustainability in African farming

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dc.contributor.authorEl Fartassi, Imane
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Alice E.
dc.contributor.authorEl Alami, Rafiq
dc.contributor.authorRafiqi, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorHassall, Kirsty L.
dc.contributor.authorWaine, Toby W.
dc.contributor.authorZawadzka, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorDiarra, Alhousseine
dc.contributor.authorCorstanje, Ron
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T14:08:55Z
dc.date.available2023-03-21T14:08:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-17
dc.description.abstractFarmers face the challenge of increasing production to feed a growing population and support livelihoods, whilst also improving the sustainability and resilience of cropping systems. Understanding the key factors that influence farming management practices is crucial for determining farmers' adaptive capacity and willingness to engage in cooperative strategies. To that end, we investigated management practices that farmers adopt and the factors underlying farmers' decision-making. We also aimed to identify the constraints that impede the adoption of strategies perceived to increase farming resilience and to explore how the acceleration of technology adoption through cooperation could ensure the long-term sustainability of farming. Surveys were distributed to farming stakeholders and professionals who worked across the contrasting environments of Morocco. We used descriptive statistics and analysis by log-linear modelling to predict the importance of factors influencing farmers’ decision-making. The results show that influencing factors tended to cluster around environmental pressures, crop characteristics and water availability with social drivers playing a lesser role. Subsidies were also found to be an important factor in decision-making. Farming stakeholders generally believed that collaborative networks are likely to facilitate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. We conclude that farmers need both economic incentives and technical support to enhance their adaptive capacity as this can lessen the socioeconomic vulnerability inherent in arid and semi-arid regions.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationEl Fartassi I, Milne AE, El Alami R, et al., (2023) Evidence of collaborative opportunities to ensure long-term sustainability in African farming. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 392, March 2023, Article number 136170en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136170
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/19333
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectArid and semi-arid regionsen_UK
dc.subjectFarmer decision-makingen_UK
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen_UK
dc.subjectCooperationen_UK
dc.subjectAdaptationen_UK
dc.titleEvidence of collaborative opportunities to ensure long-term sustainability in African farmingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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