Socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of technologies that promote sequestration of soil carbon in East Africa

Ng'ang'a SK; Jalang’o DA; Girvetz E. 2018. Socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of technologies that promote sequestration of soil carbon in East Africa. Working Paper. CIAT Publication No. 469. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Kampala, Uganda. 52 p.

The main objective of this report is to identify the socioeconomic factors that constrain or enable the adoption of agricultural management practices that increase soil carbon in Kenya and Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, a literature review was first conducted. This was then followed by an analysis of secondary data on agricultural management practices that increase soil carbon in Kenya and Ethiopia.