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Abstract：
Land management technology (LMT) adoption is one of Ethiopia\'s crucial strategies to combat soil depletion and promote agricultural production. However, there is scant information concerning the intensity, interdependent nature, and households\' decision to adopt multiple LMTs. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify factors influencing households\' decisions to adopt multiple LMTs and the intensity and interdependency of the technologies in the Goyrie watershed of southern Ethiopia. The data was collected from 291 randomly selected household heads, focus group discussion participants, and key informant interview respondents. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and econometric methods like multivariate probit and ordered probit modeling, while the qualitative data was presented through content analysis. The result indicated that more than half of respondents (67 %) applied one or two LMTs. The highest complementary effects were observed in mixed soil bunds with desho grasses and manure applications. However, soil bunds and fanya-juu, manure application and agroforestry showed interchangeability with one another. Sex, education, family size, landholding size, access to development agents and credit institutions, training, and village membership increased the probability of adopting multiple LMTs, whereas age, land rent, and crop sharing discouraged the likelihood of households\' decisions to adopt LMT. The results of the ordered probit model revealed that village membership and contact with extension agents highly encouraged the intensity of LMT adoptions. Thus, policymakers and planners should consider social, institutional, human asset, and technological related factors to increase adoption rates and intensity of land management technologies.
摘要：
采用土地管理技术（LMT）是埃塞俄比亚对抗土壤枯竭和促进农业生产的重要战略之一。然而,关于强度的信息很少，相互依存的性质，和家庭决定采用多个LMT。因此，这项研究的目的是确定影响家庭决定采用多个LMT的因素，以及埃塞俄比亚南部Goyrie流域技术的强度和相互依赖性。数据是从291个随机选择的户主那里收集的，焦点小组讨论参与者，和关键线人采访受访者。使用描述性统计和计量经济学方法对定量数据进行了分析，例如多变量概率和有序概率建模，而定性数据是通过内容分析呈现的。结果表明，超过一半的受访者（67％）使用了一种或两种LMT。在施用desho草和肥料的混合土壤中观察到最高的互补效应。然而,土壤和fanya-juu,肥料施用和农林业显示出互换性。性,教育,家庭大小,土地持有规模，获得开发代理和信贷机构，培训,村庄成员增加了采用多个LMT的可能性，而年龄,地租,作物共享抑制了家庭决定采用LMT的可能性。有序概率模型的结果表明，村庄成员资格和与推广人员的联系高度鼓励了LMT收养的强度。因此，决策者和规划者应该考虑社会，机构,人力资产,和技术相关因素，以提高土地管理技术的采用率和强度。
