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    1. The roles of formal and informal delivery approaches in achieving fast and sustained adoption of biofortified crops: learnings from the iron bean delivery approaches in Rwanda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Vaiknoras, Kate (author), Larochelle,Catherine (author), Birol, Ekin (author), Asare-Marfo, Dorene (author), and Herrington, Caitlin (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2017-07-30
    Published:
    Rwanda
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09237
    Notes:
    Research paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 1, 2017. 38 pages; only the abstract and conclusions section are printed for ACDC archiving.

    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.