Table 5.9 Farmers’ level of knowledge on and their adoption of soil conservation technologies in Yen Chau district, northern Vietnam, 2007
Knowledge
of SCT
N
k
Knowledge
source
Currently using
SCT
Scale of use if
adopted
Perceived effectiveness
(score)
Adoption constraints
(% of N
a
)
( % o f
N
k
)
(% of potential
area)
(0: no effect;10:
very effective)
(1)
(2)
Ditches/channels 56.2
Rel/Neighb
b
61.0
44.2
5.7
Not effective
Lack of labor
Agro-forestry
42.5
Extension
27.4
32.0
6.7
No access to
seedlings
Lack of land
Terraces
20.9
Rel/Neighb
9.8
27.1
7.0
Lack of labor
Lack of capital
Contour plowing 20.2
Rel/Neighb
88.1
77.7
6.1
No erosion
Lack of
equipment
Cover crops
12.7
Media
10.8
35.2
7.3
Lack of land
Lack of labor
Vegetative strips
5.8
Media
11.8
66.7
6.0
Lack of land
Mulching
3.4
Media
20.0
26.8
5.7
Lack of labor
Other SCT
5.1
Own initiative 66.7
29.5
5.8
TOTAL (at least
one)
74.7
53.4
c
Source: Adapted from Saint-Macary et al. (2010)
a
N
¼ 292: non-farmers and farmers growing paddy rice only are excluded
b
Relative or neighbor
c
Share of all households using at least one SCT
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