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dc.contributor.authorTeeken, B.
dc.contributor.authorGarner, E.
dc.contributor.authorAgbona, A.
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, I.
dc.contributor.authorOlaosebikan, O.
dc.contributor.authorBello, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorMadu, T.
dc.contributor.authorOkoye, B.
dc.contributor.authorEgesi, C.
dc.contributor.authorKulakow, P.
dc.contributor.authorTufan, H.A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-04T11:06:27Z
dc.date.available2022-02-04T11:06:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationTeeken, B., Garner, E., Agbona, A., Balogun, I., Olaosebikan, O., Bello, A., ... & Tufan, H.A. (2021). Beyond “women's traits”: exploring how gender, social difference, and household characteristics influence trait preferences. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5:740926, 1-13.
dc.identifier.issn2571-581X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7349
dc.description.abstractDemand-led breeding strategies are gaining importance in public sector breeding globally. While borrowing approaches from the private sector, public sector programs remain mainly focused on food security and social impact related outcomes. This necessitates information on specific user groups and their preferences to build targeted customer and product profiles for informed breeding decisions. A variety of studies have identified gendered trait preferences, but do not systematically analyze differences related to or interactions of gender with other social dimensions, household characteristics, and geographic factors. This study integrates 1000minds survey trait trade-off analysis with the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey to study cassava trait preferences in Nigeria related to a major food product, gari. Results build on earlier research demonstrating that women prioritize food product quality traits while men prioritize agronomic traits. We show that food product quality traits are more important for members from food insecure households and gender differences between men and women increase among the food insecure. Furthermore, respondents from poorer households prioritize traits similar to respondents in non-poor households but there are notable trait differences between men and women in poor households. Women in female headed household prioritized quality traits more than women living with a spouse. Important regional differences in trait preferences were also observed. In the South East region, where household use of cassava is important, and connection to larger markets is less developed, quality traits and in ground storability were prioritized more than in other states. These results reinforce the importance of recognizing social difference and the heterogeneity among men and women, and how individual and household characteristics interact to reveal trait preference variability. This information can inform trait prioritization and guide development of breeding products that have higher social impact, which may ultimately serve the more vulnerable and align with development goals.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1-13
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSocial Differentiation
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectHouseholds
dc.subjectBreeding
dc.titleBeyond ''women's traits'': exploring how gender, social difference and household characteristics influence trait preferences
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationCornell University
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Otago
cg.contributor.affiliationAbacusBio Limited, New Zealand
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidTEEKEN:2021a
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 14 Dec 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/10.3389/fsufs.2021.740926
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBela Teeken: 0000-0002-3150-1532
cg.iitaauthor.identifierOlamide Olaosebikan: 0000-0003-1470-1150
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBello Abolore: 0000-0002-8871-6163
cg.iitaauthor.identifierChiedozie Egesi: 0000-0002-9063-2727
cg.iitaauthor.identifierPeter Kulakow: 0000-0002-7574-2645
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue740926
cg.identifier.volume5


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