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Powell Mponela
Researcher at University of Bonn
Publications - 21
Citations - 380
Powell Mponela is an academic researcher from University of Bonn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Water conservation. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 17 publications receiving 238 citations. Previous affiliations of Powell Mponela include International Center for Tropical Agriculture & University of Malawi.
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Awareness and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used t-tests to classify adopters and non-adopters of soil, land and water conservation measures and binomial logit models to identify the factors that influence farmers' knowledge and adoption of land productivity practices.
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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
TL;DR: In this article, the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice and its influence on household income in the Chinyanja Triangle was investigated through a binary logistic and ordinary least squares regression.
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Determinants of integrated soil fertility management technologies adoption by smallholder farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle of Southern Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used cluster analysis to group technologies and ordered probit to determine the probability of multiple technology adoption in the Chinyanja Triangle (S. Africa).
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Assessment of maize yield gap and major determinant factors between smallholder farmers in the Dedza district of Malawi
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of soil nutrient status, agronomic practices and socioeconomic factors on maize yield attained by smallholder farmers in the Dedza District of Malawi was explored.
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Determinants and extent of land allocation for Jatropha curcas L. cultivation among smallholder farmers in Malawi
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed factors that influence household's decision to plant Jatropha curcas and the extent of land conversion to J. curcas, and found that age, education of household head, availability of labour and ownership of uncultivated land have a positive influence on land allocation.