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    1. Variety awareness, nutrition knowledge and adoption of nutritionally enhanced crop varieties: evidence from Kenya

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Muthini, Davis Nguthi (author), Nzuma, Jonathan Makau (author), and Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Kenya
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11328
    Journal Title:
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    14(4) : 225-237
    Notes:
    Online via AgEconSearch., Authors evaluated the impact of varietal awareness and nutrition knowledge on their adoption of biofortified crop varieties. Findings suggested that farmers who had knowledge of the nutritional attributes of a specific variety of beans were more likely to adopt them.

    2. effect of farmers’ multidimensional beliefs on adoption of biofortified crops: evidence from sweet potato farmers in tanzania

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia (author), Okello, Julius Juma (author), Sindi, Kirimi (author), Low, Jan W. (author), and Mcewan, Margaret (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-02
    Published:
    United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12262
    Journal Title:
    The Journal of Development Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    v. 55, iss. 2
    Notes:
    17 pages, We examined the effect of multidimensional farmers' beliefs on the likelihood of cultivating planting materials of biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties. Using a panel dataset and combining difference-in-differences regression with propensity score matching, results showed positive effects of beliefs related to health benefits, yielding ability, sweetness, disease-resistance, storability, early maturity, colour, and that children enjoy eating OFSP roots, on cultivation of OFSP varieties. The proportion of OFSP roots out of total sweet potato production for a household increased among farmers' who held these beliefs. Efforts to promote biofortified crops can, therefore, benefit from taking farmers' multidimensional beliefs into consideration.