From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationGeAgrofíaen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Fertilizer Development Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zimbabween
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKen E Giller: 0000-0002-5998-4652
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479716000764en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0014-4797en
cg.issueS1en
cg.journalExperimental Agricultureen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaGRAIN LEGUMESen
cg.volume55en
dc.contributor.authorFarrow, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorRonner, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBrand, G. van denen
dc.contributor.authorBoahen, S.en
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, W.en
dc.contributor.authorWoldemeskel, Endalkachewen
dc.contributor.authorAdjei-Nsiah, Samuelen
dc.contributor.authorChikowo, Regisen
dc.contributor.authorBaijukya, Frederick P.en
dc.contributor.authorEbanyat, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorSangodele, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSanginga, J.M.en
dc.contributor.authorKantengwa, S.en
dc.contributor.authorPhiphira, L.en
dc.contributor.authorWoomer, P.L.en
dc.contributor.authorAmpadu-Boakye, T.en
dc.contributor.authorBaars, E.en
dc.contributor.authorKanampiu, F.K.en
dc.contributor.authorVanlauwe, Bernarden
dc.contributor.authorGiller, Kenneth E.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T12:36:09Zen
dc.date.available2017-01-23T12:36:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/79350
dc.titleFrom best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africaen
dcterms.abstractThe success of scaling out depends on a clear understanding of the factors that affect adoption of grain legumes and account for the dynamism of those factors across heterogeneous contexts of sub-Saharan Africa. We reviewed literature on adoption of grain legumes and other technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries. Our review enabled us to define broad factors affecting different components of the scaling out programme of N2Africa and the scales at which those factors were important. We identified three strategies for managing those factors in the N2Africa scaling out programme: (i) testing different technologies and practices; (ii) evaluating the performance of different technologies in different contexts; and (iii) monitoring factors that are difficult to predict.We incorporated the review lessons in a design to appropriately target and evaluate technologies in multiple contexts across scales from that of the farm to whole countries. Our implementation of this design has only been partially successful because of competing reasons for selecting activity sites. Nevertheless, we observe that grain legume species have been successfully targeted for multiple biophysical environments across sub-Saharan Africa, and to social and economic contexts within countries. Rhizobium inoculant and legume specific fertiliser blends have also been targeted to specific contexts, although not in all countries. Relatively fewer input and output marketing models have been tested due to public–private partnerships, which are a key mechanism for dissemination in the N2Africa project.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2016-12-22
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFarrow, A., Ronner, E., van den Brand, G., Boahen, S., Leonardo, W., Wolde-meskel, E., ... & Sangodele, E. (2016). From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experimental Agriculture, 1-26.en
dcterms.descriptionArticle purchaseden
dcterms.extentp. 226-251en
dcterms.issued2019-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dcterms.subjectsoybeansen
dcterms.subjectgrain legumesen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectnitrogen fixationen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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