Adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) among female smallholders farmers in Malawi

Abstract

Climate change has affected and affected many countries leading to food insecurity. As results, a number of coping and mitigation strategies have been advocated developed. The purpose of this study was to find out the adoption of CSA technologies among smallholders farmers in Malawi. The objective of the study was to explore how gender is affecting the uptake of CSA technologies and find out the gender related barriers to the diffusion and uptake of CSA technologies among female smallholder’s farmers in Malawi.

In this research, I used the mixed methods of research which include both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The sample size was entirely selected from the target population. The sample size was selected based on the ration of 60% women and 40% men. From the 60% of women, the sample was divided further into 60% women who are adopters while 40% who are non-adopters

In sampling method, I chose to use purposive sampling because it helps the me to select a sample that had knowledge on the researched area and this reduced the chances of biasness. I had issued 250 questionnaires and I got a response of 91% from the farmers, which is a good response for research.

Finally, research I used self-administered questionnaires with both open-ended and closed-ended questions for collection of data and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. I edited and coded before the questionnaire before analyzing. Analysis was done using SPSS software and Microsoft excels