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Abstract
This study investigates the impact of poverty, social capital and land tenure on the
adoption of soil fertility management (SFM) and conservation technologies in
Uganda. Considering four land management technologies (fallowing, terracing and
inorganic and organic fertilizers), the study estimates a multinomial logit model to
link farmers’ characteristics to the choice of technologies. The findings show that
investments in land management are driven by factors such as land tenure security,
level of poverty and participation in community organizations (social capital), and,
most importantly, that household level poverty reduces the probability of adoption of
most of the technologies, while social capital and land tenure security increase it. The
findings suggest that more efficient government efforts to reduce poverty would
enhance the adoption of SFM technologies. Other policies that would enhance the
adoption of sustainable land management practices are infrastructure development,
tenure security through a more efficient system of land registration, and investment in
and use of social capital institutions.