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Household welfare impacts of an agricultural innovation platform in Uganda

dc.contributor.authorAhimbisibwe, B.P.
dc.contributor.authorMorton, J.F.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorWellard, K.
dc.contributor.authorMungatana, E.
dc.contributor.authorBua, A.
dc.contributor.authorAsfaw, S.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T10:22:51Z
dc.date.available2021-03-11T10:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationAhimbisibwe, B.P., Morton, J.F., Feleke, S., Alene, A., Abdoulaye, T., Wellard, K., ... & Manyong, V. (2020). Household welfare impacts of an agricultural innovation platform in Uganda. Food and Energy Security, 9(3), e225: 1-18.
dc.identifier.issn2048-3694
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7077
dc.description.abstractTechnical approaches to food production are important to the food security of growing populations in developing countries. However, strategic investments in research and farm‐level adoption require greater coherence in agricultural, societal, and local policies. The Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) and formation of the Cassava Innovation Platform (CIP) in Uganda were designed to stimulate interactions between researchers and farmers, leading to the development of improved cassava varieties through participatory plant breeding (PPB) and participatory variety selection (PVS). Moreover, the establishment of a community‐based commercialized seed system called Cassava Seed Entrepreneurship (CSE) has made an important contribution to the rapid multiplication and dissemination of clean planting materials in Uganda. The impact of CIP participation on rural household welfare was measured by household consumption expenditure per capita. The Endogenous Switching Regression (ESR) model was applied to data from a formal household survey conducted in the eastern, northern, and mid‐western regions of Uganda. The education, farm size, livestock size, access to credit, cost of cassava planting materials, access to extension service, access to training, and social group membership are significantly associated with CIP participation. CIP participation resulted in a 47.4% increase in household consumption expenditure. This important evidence highlights the need to promote agricultural innovation platform for improving rural livelihoods. Moreover, CIP participation has impact heterogeneity within the participant group that is conditional on household characteristics such as the gender of the household head, pointing to the need to tailor specific interventions and target specific groups within farm households.
dc.format.extent1-18
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAgricultural Innovation Systems
dc.subjectInnovation Platforms
dc.subjectParticipation
dc.subjectRural Welfare
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleHousehold welfare impacts of an agricultural innovation platform in Uganda
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwich
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Pretoria
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubSouthern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidAHIMBISIBWE:2020
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalFood and Energy Security
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 08 Jul 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fes3.225
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
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