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dc.contributor.authorAdewumi, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorAsare, P.A.
dc.contributor.authorAdu, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorTaah, K.J.
dc.contributor.authorAkaba, S.
dc.contributor.authorMondo, J.
dc.contributor.authorAgre, A.P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T09:47:48Z
dc.date.available2021-07-27T09:47:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationAdewumi, A.S., Asare, P.A., Adu, M.O., Taah, K.J., Akaba, S., Mondo, J.M. & Agre, P.A. (2021). Farmers’ perceptions on varietal diversity, trait preferences and diversity management of bush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) in Ghana. Scientific African, 12, e00808: 1-14.
dc.identifier.issn2468-2276
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7186
dc.description.abstractBush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) is an important food and cash crop species in some West and Central African countries. Unfortunately, several socioeconomic, cultural, nutritional, and agronomic constraints hinder its cultivation, and thus lead to its underutilization and gradual disappearance. To effectively promote its cultivation and utilization, knowledge of its diversity, distribution, management, and farmers’ varietal preferences is necessary. This study, therefore, used a participatory rural appraisal survey to assess such information in 23 villages from three regions of Ghana. A total of 42 D. praehensilis morphotypes were recorded and grouped in seven classes based on the tuber flesh colour. The Shannon diversity index (H’ = 1.88), equitability (0.65), and Margalef species richness (2.53) revealed the presence of moderate diversity and distribution in the surveyed regions. Farmers’ variety trait preferences included mainly the early maturity (21.1%), smooth tuber texture (16.5%), stability in tuber flesh colour (7.86%), good storage aptitude (7.6%), and high tuber productivity (12.8%). In contrast, D. praehensilis production and utilization rates have declined mainly due to poor culinary quality (39.9%) and poor agronomic traits (20.7%) of most morphotypes. Survey results showed that D. praehensilis is largely an in-situ conserved species in Ghana (60.0%). This study provided an insight on D. praehensilis diversity, distribution and farmers’ varietal preferences in Ghana which will guide its genetic resource conservation and plant breeding interventions.
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union Commission
dc.description.sponsorshipAfrican Union
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1-14
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDioscorea
dc.subjectYams
dc.subjectSurveys
dc.subjectGhana
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectGenetic Resources
dc.subjectResource Conservation
dc.subjectParticipatory Rural Appraisal
dc.titleFarmers' perceptions on varietal diversity, trait preferences and diversity management of bush yam ( Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.) in Ghana
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Cape Coast
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Evangélique en Afrique
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidADEWUMI:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectYam
cg.journalScientific African
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 06 Jun 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00808
cg.iitaauthor.identifierPaterne AGRE: 0000-0003-1231-2530
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cg.identifier.issuee00808
cg.identifier.volume12
cg.contributor.acknowledgementsAuthors acknowledge the provision of research fund to the first author by the ACADEMY project. Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Consultancy of the University of Cape Coast is also acknowledged for managing the ACADEMY project. We appreciate all the local bush yam farmers and agricultural extension service personnel at the three regions surveyed in Ghana. We are grateful to local authorities in all surveyed villages for facilitating data collection. We also thank Daniel Nana-Yaw Gyebi and Azure Kwanema Sanleri for their assistance during the course of the surveys.


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