Variety awareness, nutrition knowledge and adoption of nutritionally enhanced crop varieties: Evidence from Kenya

IF 0.4 Q4 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.277135

D. Muthini, J. Nzuma, R. Nyikal

引用次数: 4

Abstract

This paper evaluates the impact of variety awareness and nutrition knowledge on the adoption of biofortified crop varieties using a sample of 661 households from Kisii and Nyamira counties in Kenya. The study employs the average treatment effect (ATE) framework to control for information on the KK15 bean variety and knowledge of its nutritional attributes among small-scale farmers. The results show that farmers who had knowledge of the nutritional attributes of KK15 beans were more likely to adopt relative to those who were only aware of the variety. A nutrition attribute knowledge gap of 8% was estimated, which represents the potential adoption loss due to a lack of knowledge of the nutritional benefits. Adoption of biofortified crops can therefore be improved by disseminating information on the varieties and their nutritional attributes. This can be achieved by entrenching nutrition information in extension packages disseminated to farmers.

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品种意识、营养知识和营养改良作物品种的采用:来自肯尼亚的证据

本文以肯尼亚Kisii和Nyamira县的661户家庭为样本，评估了品种意识和营养知识对采用生物强化作物品种的影响。本研究采用平均处理效应(ATE)框架控制小农对KK15豆品种信息及其营养属性的了解。结果表明，了解KK15豆类营养特性的农民比只了解该品种的农民更有可能采用KK15。据估计，营养属性知识缺口为8%，这代表了由于缺乏对营养益处的了解而导致的潜在采用损失。因此，可以通过传播有关品种及其营养特性的信息来改进生物强化作物的采用。这可以通过在向农民分发的推广包中加强营养信息来实现。

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-

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1.20

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： The African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)/Journal Africain d’Economie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR) is a publication of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). The journal publishes original research about how African agriculture interacts with local and global economic systems and policy regimes in its impacts upon people. The scope of the journal covers the roles of markets, technology, policy, institutions and the natural environment in shaping the lives of well being of Africans engaged in agricultural activities. The journal strives to nurture and enhance the capacity of African professionals to conduct and publish scientific research and provides a venue for communicating and disseminating their findings. Multi-disciplinary, problem-oriented articles are encouraged. Submissions may deal with teaching, research extension, consulting, advising, entrepreneurship and administration. The Chief Editors and Editorial Board, under the general direction of the AAAE President, Executive Committee and Council are charged with implementing Journal policy to serve members of AAAE. The main section of the journal publishes technical research articles while a small section is devoted to publishing brief notes with important policy content and book reviews. The journal is a quarterly publication.

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