Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda

The concept of precooked beans was introduced in Rwanda in 2009, to counteract the disadvantage of too much energy and time consumption associated with dry beans preparation. However, their adoption has been dismal and little is known on the possible causes of this. Therefore, the purpose of this pa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mukamugema, Alice, Mshenga, Patience Mlongo, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106602
_version_ 1855513244171501568
author Mukamugema, Alice
Mshenga, Patience Mlongo
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
author_browse Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Mshenga, Patience Mlongo
Mukamugema, Alice
author_facet Mukamugema, Alice
Mshenga, Patience Mlongo
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
author_sort Mukamugema, Alice
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description The concept of precooked beans was introduced in Rwanda in 2009, to counteract the disadvantage of too much energy and time consumption associated with dry beans preparation. However, their adoption has been dismal and little is known on the possible causes of this. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify constraints impeding the adoption of precooked beans among secondary boarding schools in Rwanda. A multistage sampling procedure was used to interview 64 caterers of secondary boarding schools. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze constraints hindering the adoption of precooked beans among schools. Also, logistic regression was used to analyze factors influencing the willingness to adopt precooked beans in schools. The results showed 7 major constraints encountered by secondary boarding schools in adopting precooked beans and 5 factors statistically influencing the willingness of schools to adopt precooked beans. The study concluded that the lack of sufficient information, higher price, unavailability, distrust in sustainability claims, lower nutritional value, inconvenient packaging and inadequate storage are the major barriers to adoption of precooked beans in schools. Therefore, this study recommends producers of precooked beans to consider the abovementioned barriers in setting their marketing strategy to enhance the consumption of precooked beans among schools.
format Journal Article
id CGSpace106602
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2019
publishDateRange 2019
publishDateSort 2019
publisher Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
publisherStr Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1066022025-12-08T10:29:22Z Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda Mukamugema, Alice Mshenga, Patience Mlongo Birachi, Eliud Abucheli rwanda beans adoption schools innovation adoption new productos The concept of precooked beans was introduced in Rwanda in 2009, to counteract the disadvantage of too much energy and time consumption associated with dry beans preparation. However, their adoption has been dismal and little is known on the possible causes of this. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify constraints impeding the adoption of precooked beans among secondary boarding schools in Rwanda. A multistage sampling procedure was used to interview 64 caterers of secondary boarding schools. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze constraints hindering the adoption of precooked beans among schools. Also, logistic regression was used to analyze factors influencing the willingness to adopt precooked beans in schools. The results showed 7 major constraints encountered by secondary boarding schools in adopting precooked beans and 5 factors statistically influencing the willingness of schools to adopt precooked beans. The study concluded that the lack of sufficient information, higher price, unavailability, distrust in sustainability claims, lower nutritional value, inconvenient packaging and inadequate storage are the major barriers to adoption of precooked beans in schools. Therefore, this study recommends producers of precooked beans to consider the abovementioned barriers in setting their marketing strategy to enhance the consumption of precooked beans among schools. 2019 2020-01-16T17:25:40Z 2020-01-16T17:25:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106602 en Open Access Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu Mukamugema, Alice ; Mshenga, Patience Mlongo & Birachi, Eliud Abucheli. (2019). Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development. 52(2): 139-146.
spellingShingle rwanda
beans
adoption
schools
innovation adoption
new productos
Mukamugema, Alice
Mshenga, Patience Mlongo
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title_full Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title_fullStr Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title_short Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
title_sort barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation a case of precooked beans among schools in rwanda
topic rwanda
beans
adoption
schools
innovation adoption
new productos
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106602
work_keys_str_mv AT mukamugemaalice barrierstoinstitutionaladoptionofnewproductsinnovationacaseofprecookedbeansamongschoolsinrwanda
AT mshengapatiencemlongo barrierstoinstitutionaladoptionofnewproductsinnovationacaseofprecookedbeansamongschoolsinrwanda
AT birachieliudabucheli barrierstoinstitutionaladoptionofnewproductsinnovationacaseofprecookedbeansamongschoolsinrwanda