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Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa
article concerned adoption smallscale irrigation farming climatesmart agriculture practice influence household income chinyanja triangle chinyanja triangle region increasingly experiencing midseason dry spells increase occurrence drought attributed largely climate variability change poses high agricultural production risks aggravate poverty food insecurity region adoption smallscale irrigation farming climatesmart agriculture practice important binary logistic ordinary least squares regression article determines factors influence adoption smallscale irrigation farming climatesmart agriculture practice influence income among smallholder farmers results show offfarm employment access irrigation equipment access reliable water sources awareness water conservation practices rainwater harvesting significant influence adoption smallscale irrigation farming hand farmers age distance travelled nearest market nature employment negatively influence adoption smallscale irrigation farming decisions ordinary least squares regression results showed adoption smallscale irrigation farming climatesmart agriculture practice significant positive influence agricultural income therefore conclude empower smallholder farmers respond quickly climate variability change practices enhance adoption smallscale irrigation farming chinyanja triangle critical significantly affect agricultural income terms policy recommend governments zambia malawi mozambique cover chinyanja triangle formulate policies enhance adoption sustainable small scaleirrigation farming climatesmart agriculture practice go long way mitigating adverse effects accompany climate variability change region