Gender-differentiated preference for sweetpotato traits and their drivers among smallholder farmers: Implications for breeding

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierJosephine Namirimu: 0000-0003-4332-4382
cg.creator.identifierJulius Juma Okello: 0000-0003-2217-2770
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21190en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1435-0653en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalCrop Scienceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovation
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.cipGENDERen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen
cg.subject.cipCROP AND SEED SYSTEMS SCIENCES CSSen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume64en
dc.contributor.authorNamirimu, J.en
dc.contributor.authorOkello, J.J.en
dc.contributor.authorKizito, A.M.en
dc.contributor.authorSsekiboobo, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T18:00:49Zen
dc.date.available2024-02-22T18:00:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139598
dc.titleGender-differentiated preference for sweetpotato traits and their drivers among smallholder farmers: Implications for breedingen
dcterms.abstractTo improve sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) productivity, several improved high-yielding varieties have been developed by breeders. However, many farmers still grow low-yielding landraces. Farmers choose varieties to grow based on their preference for the attributes of those varieties. Varietal preferences have been shown to differ between males and females. This study assessed farmer preferences for sweetpotato traits and the factors that drive the choice of most preferred traits. It used a uniquely large data set collected through personal interviews with male and female sweetpotato growers. The study employed multinomial probit regression to examine the drivers of trait preference. It finds a higher preference for production-oriented traits among farmers in general and especially older ones. This is, however, lower among more educated farmers who mainly prefer risk-averting traits, and those growing local varieties who mainly prefer quality traits. Hence, alongside production-oriented traits, other traits critical for the acceptance of new varieties by farmers in their respective contexts should not be ignored.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-02-13
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNamirimu, J.; Okello, J J.; Kizito, A.M.; Ssekiboobo, A. 2024. Gender‐differentiated preference for sweetpotato traits and their drivers among smallholder farmers: Implications for breeding. Crop Science. ISSN 1435-0653. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21190en
dcterms.extentpp. 1251-1265en
dcterms.issued2024-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectbreedingen
dcterms.subjectgenetic resourcesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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