Factors influencing farmers' dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationSave the Childrenen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierWellington Jogo: 0000-0002-0980-7949en
cg.creator.identifierTemesgen Fitamo Bocher: 0000-0002-5537-4152en
cg.creator.identifierFrederick Grant: 0000-0003-4212-5816en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2078-0400en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalAgrekonen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipBIOFORTIFICATIONen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipIMPACT ASSESSMENTen
cg.subject.cipINCLUSIVE GROWTHen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.volume60en
dc.contributor.authorJogo, W.en
dc.contributor.authorBocher, T.en
dc.contributor.authorGrant, F.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-02T02:54:05Zen
dc.date.available2021-09-02T02:54:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114847
dc.titleFactors influencing farmers' dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambiqueen
dcterms.abstractDespite their proven effectiveness in addressing micronutrient deficiencies, adoption of biofortified crops among smallholder farmers remains low. Using a cross-sectional survey dataset of 1538 households randomly selected from 15 districts in Nampula and Zambezia provinces of Mozambique, this study examined the factors influencing farmers' dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified OFSP varieties. Data on household socio-demographic characteristics; knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices on OFSP production and nutrition were fitted to a Heckman bivariate probit model with sample selection to empirically assess the determinants of sequential adoption and dis-adoption decisions. The results showed that adoption and dis-adoption of OFSP is significantly influenced by a combination of farmers' socio-economic characteristics (age, gender, nutrition knowledge, education, access to planting material), consumption (taste, dry matter content) and agronomic (yield, early maturity, drought tolerance) traits. However, the agronomic traits and access to planting material are particularly key for the retention of OFSP varieties. These results suggest the need for breeding efforts to improve the agronomic traits of biofortified OFSP to match or better local non-biofortified varieties and establish seed delivery systems for sustainable adoption of biofortified OFSP.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.available2021-08-02en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJogo, W., Bocher, T., & Grant, F. (2021). Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique. Agrekon. ISSN 2078-0400. 1–15.en
dcterms.extentp. 445-459en
dcterms.issued2021-08-02en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectfood fortificationen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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