Securing Sweetpotato Planting Material for Farmers in Dryland Africa: Gender-Responsive Communication Approaches to Scale Triple S

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMargaret A. McEwan: 0000-0001-8510-0526en
cg.creator.identifierTom van Mourik: 0000-0002-1946-1865en
cg.creator.identifiermihiretu hundayehu: 0000-0002-5947-7175en
cg.creator.identifierFrezer Asfaw: 0000-0002-6088-8684en
cg.creator.identifierNAMANDA SAM: 0000-0001-7822-0626en
cg.creator.identifierSarah Mayanja: 0000-0002-9698-0036en
cg.creator.identifierSimon Imoro: 0000-0002-3504-9109en
cg.creator.identifierPrince Maxwell Etwire: 0000-0002-6533-2538en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92022-7_12en
cg.isbn9783030920210en
cg.isbn9783030920227en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipGENDERen
cg.subject.cipSEED SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
dc.contributor.authorMcEwan, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMourik, Tom A. vanen
dc.contributor.authorHundayehu, M.C.en
dc.contributor.authorAsfaw, F.en
dc.contributor.authorNamanda, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSuleman, I.en
dc.contributor.authorMayanja, S.en
dc.contributor.authorImoro, S.en
dc.contributor.authorEtwire, P.M.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T23:40:00Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-24T23:40:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128129
dc.titleSecuring Sweetpotato Planting Material for Farmers in Dryland Africa: Gender-Responsive Communication Approaches to Scale Triple Sen
dcterms.abstractTriple S (Storage in Sand and Sprouting) is a root-based system for conserving and multiplying sweetpotato planting material at the household level. In sub-Saharan Africa, farmers predominantly source planting material by cutting vines from volunteer plants that sprout from roots left in the field from a previous crop. However, it takes 6 to 8 weeks after the rains start to produce enough vines for planting material, and normally these vines are infected by sweetpotato diseases and pests carried over from previous crops. Where rainfall is unpredictable, farmers can use Triple S to take advantage of the whole growing season, planting and harvesting early to obtain food, higher yields, and income. Triple S facilitates household retention and adoption of new sweetpotato varieties, notably the beta-carotene-rich, orange-fleshed varieties. Triple S PLUS is the combined innovation package of core Triple S components and complementary components used to scale the innovation. These included good agricultural practices, different storage containers, local multiplication and sales of planting material, and a multimedia communication strategy for training and extension to encourage the uptake of Triple S. Components were at different levels of scaling readiness. This chapter explores evidence from Ethiopia and Ghana (2018–2019) on the extent to which exposure to different communication channels and their combinations influenced the uptake of Triple S PLUS by male and female farmers, the partnering arrangements that supported this, and the resulting changes in food security. We discuss implications for future scaling initiatives.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-04-07en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcEwan, M.; van Mourik, T.A.; Hundayehu, M.C.; Asfaw, F.; Namanda, S.; Suleman, I.; Mayanja, S.; Imoro, S.; Etwire, P.M. 2022. Securing Sweetpotato Planting Material for Farmers in Dryland Africa: Gender-Responsive Communication Approaches to Scale Triple S. In: Thiele, G.; Friedmann, M.; Campos, H.; Polar, V.; Bentley, J.W. (eds) Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations. Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-030-92022-7.en
dcterms.extentp. 353-388en
dcterms.issued2022en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectseed multiplicationen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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