Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda
Crowdsourced citizen science is an emerging approach in plant sciences. The triadic comparison of technologies (tricot) approach has been successfully utilized by demand-led breeding programmes to identify varieties for dissemination suited to specific geographic and climatic regions. An important f...
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| author | Moyo, M. Ssali, R.T. Namanda, S. Nakitto, M. Dery, E. Akansake, D. Adjebeng-Danquah, J. Etten, Jacob van Sousa, K. de Lindqvist-Kreuze, H. Carey, E. Muzhingi, T. |
| author_browse | Adjebeng-Danquah, J. Akansake, D. Carey, E. Dery, E. Etten, Jacob van Lindqvist-Kreuze, H. Moyo, M. Muzhingi, T. Nakitto, M. Namanda, S. Sousa, K. de Ssali, R.T. |
| author_facet | Moyo, M. Ssali, R.T. Namanda, S. Nakitto, M. Dery, E. Akansake, D. Adjebeng-Danquah, J. Etten, Jacob van Sousa, K. de Lindqvist-Kreuze, H. Carey, E. Muzhingi, T. |
| author_sort | Moyo, M. |
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| description | Crowdsourced citizen science is an emerging approach in plant sciences. The
triadic comparison of technologies (tricot) approach has been successfully utilized
by demand-led breeding programmes to identify varieties for dissemination suited to
specific geographic and climatic regions. An important feature of this approach is the
independent way in which farmers individually evaluate the varieties on their own farms
as “citizen scientists.” In this study, we adapted this approach to evaluate consumer
preferences to boiled sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] roots of 21 advanced
breeding materials and varieties in Ghana and 6 released varieties in Uganda. We
were specifically interested in evaluating if a more independent style of evaluation
(home tasting) would produce results comparable to an approach that involves control
over preparation (centralized tasting). We compiled data from 1,433 participants who
individually contributed to a home tasting (de-centralized) and a centralized tasting trial in
Ghana and Uganda, evaluating overall acceptability, and indicating the reasons for their
preferences. Geographic factors showed important contribution to define consumers’
preference to boiled sweetpotato genotypes. Home and centralized tasting approaches
gave similar rankings for overall acceptability, which was strongly correlated to taste.
In both Ghana and Uganda, it was possible to robustly identify superior sweetpotato
genotypes from consumers’ perspectives. Our results indicate that the tricot approach
can be successfully applied to consumer preference studies. |
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| id | CGSpace111272 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1112722025-07-16T20:55:10Z Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda Moyo, M. Ssali, R.T. Namanda, S. Nakitto, M. Dery, E. Akansake, D. Adjebeng-Danquah, J. Etten, Jacob van Sousa, K. de Lindqvist-Kreuze, H. Carey, E. Muzhingi, T. crops ipomoea batatas sweet potatoes Crowdsourced citizen science is an emerging approach in plant sciences. The triadic comparison of technologies (tricot) approach has been successfully utilized by demand-led breeding programmes to identify varieties for dissemination suited to specific geographic and climatic regions. An important feature of this approach is the independent way in which farmers individually evaluate the varieties on their own farms as “citizen scientists.” In this study, we adapted this approach to evaluate consumer preferences to boiled sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] roots of 21 advanced breeding materials and varieties in Ghana and 6 released varieties in Uganda. We were specifically interested in evaluating if a more independent style of evaluation (home tasting) would produce results comparable to an approach that involves control over preparation (centralized tasting). We compiled data from 1,433 participants who individually contributed to a home tasting (de-centralized) and a centralized tasting trial in Ghana and Uganda, evaluating overall acceptability, and indicating the reasons for their preferences. Geographic factors showed important contribution to define consumers’ preference to boiled sweetpotato genotypes. Home and centralized tasting approaches gave similar rankings for overall acceptability, which was strongly correlated to taste. In both Ghana and Uganda, it was possible to robustly identify superior sweetpotato genotypes from consumers’ perspectives. Our results indicate that the tricot approach can be successfully applied to consumer preference studies. 2021-02 2021-02-11T23:02:48Z 2021-02-11T23:02:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111272 en Open Access Frontiers Media Moyo M., Ssali R., Namanda S., Nakitto M., Dery E.K., Akansake D., Adjebeng-Danquah J., van Etten J., de Sousa K., Lindqvist-Kreuze H., Carey E. and Muzhingi T. (2021) Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5. 17 p. |
| spellingShingle | crops ipomoea batatas sweet potatoes Moyo, M. Ssali, R.T. Namanda, S. Nakitto, M. Dery, E. Akansake, D. Adjebeng-Danquah, J. Etten, Jacob van Sousa, K. de Lindqvist-Kreuze, H. Carey, E. Muzhingi, T. Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title | Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_full | Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_short | Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda |
| title_sort | consumer preference testing of boiled sweetpotato using crowdsourced citizen science in ghana and uganda |
| topic | crops ipomoea batatas sweet potatoes |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111272 |
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