Constraints to adopting no-till farming in developing countries

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Adoption of renewable soil fertility replenishment technologies in the southern African region: Lessons learnt and the way forward (2007, background): “Lal (2007) found that zero-tillage farming is practiced on 6% of the global cropland area despite the great successes achieved in the biophysical performance of the technology.”
Socioeconomic and institutional factors influencing adoption of conservation farming by vulnerable households in Zimbabwe (2009, result): “This is despite years of research and development investment in SSA (Twomlow et al., 2006; Lal, 2007; Rockstrom et al., 2007) and is in direct contrast to the mounting evidence of impact from South America and parts of Asia (Derpsch, 2005; Hobbs et al., 2007).”
Sustainable agricultural development in sub‐Saharan Africa: the case for a paradigm shift in land husbandry (2008, background): “Lal (2007) concludes that adoption is practically nil amongst resource-poor small-scale farmers in SSA, but there is evidence of pockets of adoption; Ekboir et al. (2002) reported 100 000 adopters in Ghana, and Baudron (2005) reported a 10% adoption rate amongst smallholders in Zambia. ª 2007 The…”