Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMichigan State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationGlobal Crop Diversity Trusten
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.donorCrop Trusten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeGenebanks
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMartin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong: 0000-0002-6546-9921en
cg.creator.identifierMelinda Smale: 0000-0002-0986-5081en
cg.creator.identifierNelissa Jamora: 0000-0002-2535-242Xen
cg.creator.identifierVania Azevedo: 0000-0003-1664-1382en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00082-xen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC)en
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2662-4044en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalCABI Agriculture and Bioscienceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipGENEBANKen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONAL SECURITYen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorTabe-Ojong, Martin Paulen
dc.contributor.authorSmale, M.en
dc.contributor.authorJamora, Nelissaen
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, V.C.R.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-20T13:14:22Zen
dc.date.available2023-07-20T13:14:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131229
dc.titleGenebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawien
dcterms.abstractAbstract Background Genebanks contribute to poverty reduction as well as food and nutritional security by being one of the main sources of diversity for the development of improved crop varieties. While the welfare implications of adopting improved varieties have been documented in many rural settings, little attention has been placed on genebanks that often supply key traits and genetic diversity to plant breeders by providing seed samples. In this study, we examined the contribution of the genebank housed by the International Crops Research Institute (ICRISAT) to the development of improved groundnut varieties used by farmers in Malawi. We then related this apportioned genebank contribution to market outcomes, such as market participation and the quantity of groundnut sold in markets. Methods Pedigree data obtained through consultations with genebank scientists and breeders were used in combination with a three-wave balanced household-level panel dataset of 447 smallholder farmers in Malawi. Different econometric techniques were used, including a double hurdle model to understand market participation and quantity of groundnuts sold. Results We found households to be using six improved groundnut varieties, four of which were traced to the ICRISAT genebank. We analyzed pedigrees of the varieties and apportioned the ancestral contribution of the genebank accessions. Linking the improved varieties grown by farmers with genebank ancestry to market outcomes, we observed a positive association between the ICRISAT genebank and market participation. We could not establish a robust effect on the quantity of groundnuts sold conditional on participation. We found the results to be driven by the area under improved groundnuts. Conclusion The ICRISAT genebank has provided accessions that confer useful traits to improved varieties of groundnut adopted by farmers in Malawi. Our analysis indicates that access to genetic resources from genebanks has resulted in the development of improved varieties with traits that are preferred by farmers such as higher yields and resistance to diseases. The adoption of these improved varieties led to increased production surplus and reduced transaction costs, allowing farmers to better participate in local groundnut markets. The study points to the crucial role of genebanks as important sources of crop diversity for improved food security and incomes of smallholder farmers.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.available2022-03-04en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTabe-Ojong, M. P. J., Smale, M., Jamora, N., Azevedo, V. 2022. Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 3(1).en
dcterms.issued2022-12en
dcterms.languagems
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8165en
dcterms.subjectgene banksen
dcterms.subjectgroundnutsen
dcterms.subjectmalawien
dcterms.subjectparticipationen
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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