Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda

cg.contactesther.ronner@wur.nlen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture - IITAen_US
cg.contributor.centerWageningen University & Research Centre - WURen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDCen_US
cg.contributor.funderCGIAR System Organization - CGIARen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteCGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DSen_US
cg.coverage.countryUGen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.idDescheemaeker, Katrien: 0000-0003-0184-2034en_US
cg.creator.idAlmekinders, Conny: 0000-0001-9779-5150en_US
cg.creator.idGiller, Ken: 0000-0002-5998-4652en_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.004en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0167-8809en_US
cg.journalAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environmenten_US
cg.subject.agrovoclegumesen_US
cg.subject.agrovocsmallholdersen_US
cg.subject.agrovoceast africaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocnitrogen fixationen_US
cg.subject.agrovocphaseolus vulgarisen_US
cg.volume261en_US
dc.contributorDescheemaeker, Katrienen_US
dc.contributorAlmekinders, Connyen_US
dc.contributorEbanyat, Peteren_US
dc.contributorGiller, Kenen_US
dc.creatorRonner, E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-04T13:27:03Z
dc.date.available2019-05-04T13:27:03Z
dc.description.abstractClimbing beans offer potential for sustainable intensification of agriculture, but their cultivation constitutes a relatively complex technology consisting of multiple components or practices. We studied uptake of improved climbing bean production practices (improved variety, input use and management practices) through co-designed demonstrations and farmer-managed adaptation trials with 374 smallholder farmers in eastern and southwestern Uganda. A sub-set of these farmers was monitored one to three seasons after introduction. About 70% of the farmers re-planted climbing beans one season after the adaptation trial, with significant differences between eastern (50%) and southwestern Uganda (80–90%). Only 1% of the farmers used all of the improved practices and 99% adapted the technology. On average, farmers used half of the practices in different combinations, and all farmers used at least one of the practices. Yield variability of the trials was large and on average, trial plots did not yield more than farmers’ own climbing bean plots. Yet, achieved yields did not influence whether farmers continued to cultivate climbing bean in the subsequent season. Uptake of climbing beans varied with household characteristics: poorer farmers cultivated climbing beans more often but used fewer of the best-bet practices; male farmers generally used more practices than female farmers. Planting by poorer farmers resulted in adaptations such as growing climbing beans without fertilizer and with fewer and shorter stakes. Other relationships were often inconsistent and farmers changed practices from season to season. The diversity of farmer responses complicates the development of recommendation domains and warrants the development of a basket of options from which farmers can choose. Our study shows how adoption of technologies consisting of multiple components is a complicated process that is hard to capture through the measurement of an adoption rate at a single point in time.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifierhttps://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92348en_US
dc.identifier.citationE. Ronner, Katrien Descheemaeker, Conny Almekinders, Peter Ebanyat, Ken Giller. (1/7/2018). Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, pp. 186-200.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/9924
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Massonen_US
dc.sourceAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment;261,(2017) Pagination 186-200en_US
dc.subjectadoptionen_US
dc.subjectco-designen_US
dc.titleFarmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2017-09-28en_US
dcterms.extent186-200en_US
dcterms.issued2018-07-01en_US
mel.impact-factor3.541en_US

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