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A taxonomy of barriers to the adoption of sustainable practices in the coffee farming process

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posted on 2023-07-26, 15:56 authored by Temidayo O Akenroye, Manoj Dora, Mukesh Kumar, Jamal Elbaz, Sally Kah, Fedwa Jebli
This paper examines the barriers to adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) in smallholder coffee farming in Kenya. Previous studies identify several barriers, but there is limited research on where these barriers exist at different stages of the coffee farming operation processes i.e. nurseries for seed germination, planting, growing, and harvesting. The study seeks to examine whether barriers to SAPs adoption differ for different stages of coffee farming process, and if so, how. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 32 small-scale coffee farmers in the Nyeri county in Kenya, a qualitative investigation was performed, from which several themes emerged depicting key barriers to adoption of SAPs. Based on our findings, we develop a classification system (taxonomy) illustrating the barrier types that hinder the adoption of different SAPs at different stages of the coffee farming process. Such distinctions can help policymakers, NGOs and researchers recommend interventions tailored to help increase adoption of sustainable practices in coffee farming.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

312

Page range

127818-127818

Publication title

Journal of Cleaner Production

ISSN

0959-6526

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Language

  • other

Legacy posted date

2022-08-25

Legacy creation date

2022-08-17

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Business & Law

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For further details please see Brunel University's Research Archive: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/22826.

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