Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa

Agricultural information plays a vital role in adopting agricultural technology. The study explored if information acquisition is related to the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMP) and jointly decided in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Primary data were collected through fa...

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Autores principales:	Oluwaseun Samuel Oduniyi, Sibongile Sylvia Tekana
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	information acquisition adoption of SLMP SUBP RBP South Africa Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4aaeb9f9e99f49308dffc6a65fbf81f92021-11-22T05:56:23ZDoes Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.769094https://doaj.org/article/4aaeb9f9e99f49308dffc6a65fbf81f92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.769094/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XAgricultural information plays a vital role in adopting agricultural technology. The study explored if information acquisition is related to the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMP) and jointly decided in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews, using a proportionate random sampling technique to get 250 smallholder farmers to participate in the survey. A seemingly unrelated bivariate probit (SUBP) model and a recursive bivariate probit (RBP) model were adopted to examine the objective. The statistical estimation of the SUBP showed that there is a relationship, an empirical association between information acquisition and SLMP; while RBP estimation showed that information acquisition was exogenous in the adoption model; thus, the decision to acquire information and adopt SLMP was not jointly decided. Therefore, the study presents the determinants of information acquisition alongside with the adoption of SLPM. The result from the SUBP model, indicated that the years spent in school; agricultural extension service; the number of extension visits and the years of farming, influenced both information acquisition and the adoption of SLMP. The cost attached positively influenced the adoption of SLMP; while gender, marital status and age only influenced the information acquisition.Oluwaseun Samuel OduniyiSibongile Sylvia TekanaFrontiers Media S.A.articleinformation acquisitionadoption of SLMPSUBPRBPSouth AfricaNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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spellingShingle	information acquisition adoption of SLMP SUBP RBP South Africa Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Oluwaseun Samuel Oduniyi Sibongile Sylvia Tekana Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
description	Agricultural information plays a vital role in adopting agricultural technology. The study explored if information acquisition is related to the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMP) and jointly decided in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews, using a proportionate random sampling technique to get 250 smallholder farmers to participate in the survey. A seemingly unrelated bivariate probit (SUBP) model and a recursive bivariate probit (RBP) model were adopted to examine the objective. The statistical estimation of the SUBP showed that there is a relationship, an empirical association between information acquisition and SLMP; while RBP estimation showed that information acquisition was exogenous in the adoption model; thus, the decision to acquire information and adopt SLMP was not jointly decided. Therefore, the study presents the determinants of information acquisition alongside with the adoption of SLPM. The result from the SUBP model, indicated that the years spent in school; agricultural extension service; the number of extension visits and the years of farming, influenced both information acquisition and the adoption of SLMP. The cost attached positively influenced the adoption of SLMP; while gender, marital status and age only influenced the information acquisition.
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author	Oluwaseun Samuel Oduniyi Sibongile Sylvia Tekana
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title	Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
title_short	Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
title_full	Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
title_fullStr	Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa
title_sort	does information acquisition influence the adoption of sustainable land management practices? evidence from mpumalanga province south africa
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publishDate	2021
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Does Information Acquisition Influence the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices? Evidence From Mpumalanga Province South Africa

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