Market intelligence for guiding crop improvement: A systematic review of stakeholder preference studies in the rice sector in the Global South and beyond

MC Custodio, M Demont… - … Reviews in Food Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improvement of crop varieties can be a powerful strategy for addressing food, nutrition, and
climate challenges in the Global South if it is guided by market intelligence. We conducted a …

Farmer adoption of sustainable intensification technologies in the maize systems of the Global South. A review

E Jones-Garcia, VV Krishna - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2021 - Springer
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the determinants of farmer adoption of
sustainable intensification technologies in maize agri-food systems of the Global South. The …

Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices and differentiated nutritional outcome among rural households: A case of Punjab province, Pakistan

S Haq, I Boz, P Shahbaz - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Climate change impacts on agriculture have substantial implications on human diet and
nutrition. This study explored the factors affecting the adoption decisions of climate-smart …

Can farm households improve food and nutrition security through adoption of climate‐smart practices? Empirical evidence from northern Ghana

G Issahaku, A Abdulai - Applied Economic Perspectives and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the factors that influence farmers' decisions to adopt climate‐smart practices
and how adoption affects food and nutrition security in Ghana, using an endogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria

O Oyinbo, J Chamberlin, B Vanlauwe, L Vranken… - Agricultural systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Agricultural extension to improve yields of staple food crops and close the yield gap in Sub-
Saharan Africa often entails general recommendations on soil fertility management that are …

Information barriers to adoption of agricultural technologies: willingness to pay for certified seed of an open pollinated maize variety in Northern Uganda

A Mastenbroek, I Sirutyte… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We examine smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for agricultural technology and whether
information is a constraint to adoption of certified maize seed in Northern Uganda. The …

Gender, caste, and heterogeneous farmer preferences for wheat varietal traits in rural India

VV Krishna, PC Veettil - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The research on crop genetic enhancement has created a continuous flow of new, improved
germplasm for the benefit of farmers and consumers of the Global South during and after the …

Smallholder farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in maize production: Evidence from Ghana

BH Kotu, O Oyinbo, I Hoeschle-Zeledon… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
While sustainable intensification has been aggressively promoted as an agricultural
development strategy among smallholder farmers since the beginning of the last decade …

Maize variety preferences among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: Implications for demand-led breeding and seed sector development

P Marenya, R Wanyama, S Alemu, O Westengen… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia (and similar areas in Africa), yield and stress
tolerance traits in maize varieties are important. While high yields remain a major objective …

Integrating behavioral theories in agent-based models for agricultural drought risk assessments

T Schrieks, WJW Botzen, M Wens, T Haer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Improving assessments of droughts risk for smallholder farmers requires a better
understanding of the interaction between individual adaptation decisions and drought risk …