Abstract
Conservation agriculture practices (CAPs) have shown promise in enhancing soil health and increasing crop yields among smallholder farmers in various regions globally. A participatory action research approach was employed, involving semi-structured interviews with 50 farmers and field observations at three randomly selected villages. Data collection took place from to . Farmers demonstrated a significant increase in crop yields by an average of 15% compared to conventional farming methods, attributed primarily to improved soil structure and moisture retention. CAPs adoption significantly enhanced maize farmers' productivity and sustainability in Eastern Kenya, with substantial yield improvements observed over the study period. Government support for CAPs should be prioritised through subsidies, training programmes, and extension services to promote wider farmer uptake.
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Claim · model-written summary
Farmers adopting conservation agriculture practices had a 15% average increase in crop yields compared with conventional farming methods.
- Treatment
- CAPs adoptione2
- Outcome
- crop yieldse1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 15%e1
- Qualifier
- attributed primarily to improved soil structure and moisture retentione1
- Comparator
- conventional farming methodse1
- Setting
- Eastern Kenyat0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Maize Farmers in Eastern Kenya”
e1“Farmers demonstrated a significant increase in crop yields by an average of 15% compared to conventional farming methods, attributed primarily to improved soil structure and moisture retention”
e2“CAPs adoption significantly enhanced maize farmers' productivity and sustainability in Eastern Kenya”
Claim · model-written summary
Government support for conservation agriculture practices should be prioritised to promote wider farmer uptake.
- Outcome
- wider farmer uptakee3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Maize Farmers in Eastern Kenya”
e3“Government support for CAPs should be prioritised through subsidies, training programmes, and extension services to promote wider farmer uptake”
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