Maize variety preferences among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: Implications for demand-led breeding and seed sector development

ABSTRACT: Among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia (and similar areas in Africa), yield and stress tolerance traits in maize varieties are important. While high yields remain a major objective, breeding and seed system development programs are increasingly based on the recognition that farmers also have an interest in other agronomic and consumption traits. In this paper we illustrate these issues by measuring the trade-offs farmers may be willing to make for specific traits in the mid-altitude maize markets in Ethiopia. Based on Choice Experiments among 1499 respondents, we estimate the preference for a set of agronomic and consumption traits relative to yield. by capturing farmers’ “willingness to sacrifice yield”. The results suggest a significant willingness to sacrifice yield for drought tol

SUBMITTER: Marenya P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9522265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature