Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya
Maize cropping systems in Kenya, as is true in many other places in Africa, face multiple biotic and abiotic stressors not least climatic ones. Guided by farmers' priorities, maize breeding programs can contribute to the needed resilience against these changes by developing and mainstreaming new gen...
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| author | Marenya, Paswel Phiri Wanyama, Rosina Alemu, Solomon Woyengo, Vincent |
| author_browse | Alemu, Solomon Marenya, Paswel Phiri Wanyama, Rosina Woyengo, Vincent |
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| description | Maize cropping systems in Kenya, as is true in many other places in Africa, face multiple biotic and abiotic stressors not least climatic ones. Guided by farmers' priorities, maize breeding programs can contribute to the needed resilience against these changes by developing and mainstreaming new generations of maize varieties adapted to these challenges. Using data from 1,400 farmers and applying a multi-criteria choice analysis, this study reports on smallholder farmers' relative valuation of stress tolerance traits. The results showed that farmers were willing to pay significant premiums for tolerance to drought, striga, low nitrogen (nitrogen use efficiency) and fall army worm infestation, in that order. Large scale incorporation of these traits in legacy varieties as well as new ones, can contribute to enhancing maize system resilience and adaptation to changing growing conditions. For seed systems development, these traits can provide the basis for making strong business cases for the replacement of old varieties with new, stress-adapted ones. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1298712025-12-08T10:29:22Z Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya Marenya, Paswel Phiri Wanyama, Rosina Alemu, Solomon Woyengo, Vincent climate change adaptation maize varieties genetic improvement resilience smallholders farming systems Maize cropping systems in Kenya, as is true in many other places in Africa, face multiple biotic and abiotic stressors not least climatic ones. Guided by farmers' priorities, maize breeding programs can contribute to the needed resilience against these changes by developing and mainstreaming new generations of maize varieties adapted to these challenges. Using data from 1,400 farmers and applying a multi-criteria choice analysis, this study reports on smallholder farmers' relative valuation of stress tolerance traits. The results showed that farmers were willing to pay significant premiums for tolerance to drought, striga, low nitrogen (nitrogen use efficiency) and fall army worm infestation, in that order. Large scale incorporation of these traits in legacy varieties as well as new ones, can contribute to enhancing maize system resilience and adaptation to changing growing conditions. For seed systems development, these traits can provide the basis for making strong business cases for the replacement of old varieties with new, stress-adapted ones. 2022 2023-03-31T22:48:51Z 2023-03-31T22:48:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129871 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Marenya, P. P., Wanyama, R., Alemu, S., & Woyengo, V. (2022). Building Resilient Maize Production Systems With Stress-Adapted Varieties: Farmers’ Priorities in Western Kenya. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.702405 |
| spellingShingle | climate change adaptation maize varieties genetic improvement resilience smallholders farming systems Marenya, Paswel Phiri Wanyama, Rosina Alemu, Solomon Woyengo, Vincent Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title | Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title_full | Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title_short | Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties : Farmers' priorities in western Kenya |
| title_sort | building resilient maize production systems with stress adapted varieties farmers priorities in western kenya |
| topic | climate change adaptation maize varieties genetic improvement resilience smallholders farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129871 |
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