Abstract:
Soil and water conservation technologies, such as mulching, grass strips and retention ditches,
have been promoted in many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. However, technology adoption rates
have remained unsatisfactory. In this study, a logit model was used to examine the adoption of
soil and water conservation technologies in the Rwizi catchment of Uganda using crosssectional
survey data from 271 smallholder farmers. Findings revealed that the likelihood to
adopt these conservation technologies by smallholder farmers is explained by land size,
tropical livestock units, access to extension services, value of gross output, gender of the
household head and location of the farmers. Our results further showed that the quadratic
term in land size was significant and negative, highlighting an acreage threshold to
adoption. In general, our findings underscore the importance of information access and
landownership in adoption of soil and water conservation technologies in the Rwizi
catchment of Uganda.
