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