dc.contributor.author | Barnes, A.P. |
dc.contributor.author | Muoni, T. |
dc.contributor.author | Öborn, I. |
dc.contributor.author | Bergkvist, G. |
dc.contributor.author | Nziguheba, G. |
dc.contributor.author | Watson, C. |
dc.contributor.author | Vanlauwe, B. |
dc.contributor.author | Duncan, A. |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-23T15:10:35Z |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-23T15:10:35Z |
dc.date.issued | 2021 |
dc.identifier.citation | Barnes, 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.issn | 1473-5903 |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7215 |
dc.description.abstract | Legumes 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.sponsorship | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom |
dc.format.extent | 319-334 |
dc.language.iso | en |
dc.subject | Legumes |
dc.subject | Intensification |
dc.subject | Animal Feeding |
dc.subject | Mixed Farming |
dc.subject | Livestock |
dc.title | Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa |
dc.type | Journal Article |
cg.contributor.crp | Grain Legumes |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Scotland’s Rural College |
cg.contributor.affiliation | World Agroforestry Centre |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Livestock Research Institute |
cg.coverage.region | Africa |
cg.coverage.region | Africa South of Sahara |
cg.coverage.country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
cg.coverage.country | Kenya |
cg.coverage.hub | Eastern Africa Hub |
cg.researchtheme | Natural Resource Management |
cg.identifier.bibtexciteid | BARNES:2021 |
cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and advanced research institute |
cg.iitasubject | Agronomy |
cg.iitasubject | Grain Legumes |
cg.iitasubject | Plant Breeding |
cg.iitasubject | Plant Production |
cg.journal | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability |
cg.notes | Published online: 10 Apr 2021 |
cg.accessibilitystatus | Limited Access |
cg.reviewstatus | Peer Review |
cg.usagerightslicense | Copyrighted; all rights reserved |
cg.targetaudience | Scientists |
cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1910418 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | Generose Nziguheba: 0000-0003-4227-2242 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | bernard vanlauwe: 0000-0001-6016-6027 |
cg.futureupdate.required | No |
cg.identifier.issue | 3-4 |
cg.identifier.volume | 19 |