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Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorBarnes, A.P.
dc.contributor.authorMuoni, T.
dc.contributor.authorÖborn, I.
dc.contributor.authorBergkvist, G.
dc.contributor.authorNziguheba, G.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, C.
dc.contributor.authorVanlauwe, B.
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-23T15:10:35Z
dc.date.available2021-08-23T15:10:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationBarnes, A.P., Muoni, T., Öborn, I., Bergkvist, G. Nziguheba, G., Watson, C.A., ... & Duncan, A.J. (2021). Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(3-4):319-334.
dc.identifier.issn1473-5903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7215
dc.description.abstractLegumes form part of an ecological-based solution to intensification in areas with limited access to external inputs. Despite a number of decades of intervention, uptake of legumes has been slow within smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. We explore the drivers behind the adoption of legumes by developing an indicator of household legume cultivation (HLC) from a bespoke survey of small-scale farm households in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A beta regression framework identifies the range of intensities across sites and farms, indicating a limited influence of agro-ecological zones and formal institutions on uptake. Age, income and gender have positive but very marginal effects. Intensive legume cultivations were less driven by commercial growth objectives or access to market oppourtunities indicating lack of legume markets to incentivize production. There was little interest in expanding farm area, which reflects the lack of assets available to these farmers and leads to the use of legumes for providing home nutrition, or supporting farm fertility and livestock feed. Further development of this HLC metric would be enabled by consistent data gathering across regions, or at least equally detailed studies of legume uptake.
dc.description.sponsorshipBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
dc.format.extent319-334
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLegumes
dc.subjectIntensification
dc.subjectAnimal Feeding
dc.subjectMixed Farming
dc.subjectLivestock
dc.titleMeasuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationScotland’s Rural College
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South of Sahara
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidBARNES:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
cg.notesPublished online: 10 Apr 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1910418
cg.iitaauthor.identifierGenerose Nziguheba: 0000-0003-4227-2242
cg.iitaauthor.identifierbernard vanlauwe: 0000-0001-6016-6027
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue3-4
cg.identifier.volume19


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