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

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSave the Childrenen_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countryMozambiqueen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierWellington Jogo: 0000-0002-0980-7949en_US
cg.creator.identifierTemesgen Fitamo Bocher: 0000-0002-5537-4152en_US
cg.creator.identifierFrederick Grant: 0000-0003-4212-5816en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2078-0400en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalAgrekonen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.cipBIOFORTIFICATIONen_US
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.cipIMPACT ASSESSMENTen_US
cg.subject.cipINCLUSIVE GROWTHen_US
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.volume60en_US
dc.contributor.authorJogo, W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBocher, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrant, F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-02T02:54:05Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-09-02T02:54:05Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114847en_US
dc.titleFactors influencing farmers' dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambiqueen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceDonorsen_US
dcterms.audienceExtensionen_US
dcterms.available2021-08-02en_US
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_US
dcterms.extentp. 445-459en_US
dcterms.issued2021-08-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen_US
dcterms.subjectfood fortificationen_US
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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