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ToolsMcdonagh, John, Lu, Yuelai and Semalulu, Onesmus (2014) Adoption and adaptation of improved soil management practices in the Eastern Ugandan hills. Land Degradation & Development, 25 (1). pp. 58-70. ISSN 1085-3278
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This research investigated empirically the qualities of improved soil management practices (ISMPs) most likely to lead to land user adoption. Land users' perceptions of soil-related constraints were investigated in two hillside districts of eastern Uganda. The research looked at land user rationale for adopting and adapting specific ISMPs at the end of a two-year period of increased advice and support. Land user engagement with soil management improved markedly after this period of support and multifunctionality, that is, provision of a number of different products or benefits, was seen to be a common characteristic of those ISMPs taken up by land users. It is argued that in the search for ‘best-bet’ ISMPs, multifunctionality may be a particularly relevant and easily measurable indicator of likely adoption of a practice by land users. The research also demonstrates the value of supporting land users in their efforts to adapt ISMPs to fit with their own circumstances.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Special Issue: Special Issue on Land Management and Policy Responses to Mitigate Desertification and Land Degradation |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
| Depositing User: | Julie Frith |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2012 09:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2022 00:58 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40370 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ldr.1143 |
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