Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda

Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is an important emerging and non-curable infectious plant pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa that can cause up to 100% yield loss, negatively impacting sustainable access to food and income to more than 100 million banana farmers. This study disentangles adopters into parti...

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Main Authors: Kikulwe, Enoch M., Kyanjo, Joseph Lule, Kato, Edward, Ssali, Reuben T., Erima, Rockefeller
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147384
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author Kikulwe, Enoch M.
Kyanjo, Joseph Lule
Kato, Edward
Ssali, Reuben T.
Erima, Rockefeller
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Kato, Edward
Kikulwe, Enoch M.
Kyanjo, Joseph Lule
Ssali, Reuben T.
author_facet Kikulwe, Enoch M.
Kyanjo, Joseph Lule
Kato, Edward
Ssali, Reuben T.
Erima, Rockefeller
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description Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is an important emerging and non-curable infectious plant pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa that can cause up to 100% yield loss, negatively impacting sustainable access to food and income to more than 100 million banana farmers. This study disentangles adopters into partial and full adopters to investigate the factors that are relevant to sustain the adoption process of BXW control practices and quantifies the impact of adopting the practices. Data from a randomly selected sample of 1200 banana farmers in Uganda where the disease is endemic was used. A multinomial logit model was used to determine the factors affecting adoption of control practices and augmented inverse probability weighting was employed to estimate the impacts of adoption on banana productivity and sales. Results show that training a woman farmer and having diverse sources of information about BXW control practices increased adoption of the control practices and reduced the disease incidences. Farmers who adopted all the recommended control practices achieved significantly the highest values of banana production and sales. We conclude that improving information access through farmers’ preferred communication channels, having women-inclusive trainings, and a combination of cultural practices are effective ways for sustaining adoption of the control practices.
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spelling CGSpace1473842024-10-25T07:54:14Z Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda Kikulwe, Enoch M. Kyanjo, Joseph Lule Kato, Edward Ssali, Reuben T. Erima, Rockefeller cultural methods emerging diseases methods implementation bananas yield losses agricultural productivity banana xanthomonas wilt Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is an important emerging and non-curable infectious plant pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa that can cause up to 100% yield loss, negatively impacting sustainable access to food and income to more than 100 million banana farmers. This study disentangles adopters into partial and full adopters to investigate the factors that are relevant to sustain the adoption process of BXW control practices and quantifies the impact of adopting the practices. Data from a randomly selected sample of 1200 banana farmers in Uganda where the disease is endemic was used. A multinomial logit model was used to determine the factors affecting adoption of control practices and augmented inverse probability weighting was employed to estimate the impacts of adoption on banana productivity and sales. Results show that training a woman farmer and having diverse sources of information about BXW control practices increased adoption of the control practices and reduced the disease incidences. Farmers who adopted all the recommended control practices achieved significantly the highest values of banana production and sales. We conclude that improving information access through farmers’ preferred communication channels, having women-inclusive trainings, and a combination of cultural practices are effective ways for sustaining adoption of the control practices. 2019-12-13 2024-06-21T09:13:47Z 2024-06-21T09:13:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147384 en Open Access MDPI Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Kyanjo, Joseph Lule; Kato, Edward; Ssali, Reuben T.; Erima, Rockefeller; et al. 2019. Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda. Sustainability 11(9): 2610. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092610
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emerging diseases
methods
implementation
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yield losses
agricultural productivity
banana xanthomonas wilt
Kikulwe, Enoch M.
Kyanjo, Joseph Lule
Kato, Edward
Ssali, Reuben T.
Erima, Rockefeller
Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title_full Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title_fullStr Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title_short Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
title_sort management of banana xanthomonas wilt evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in uganda
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emerging diseases
methods
implementation
bananas
yield losses
agricultural productivity
banana xanthomonas wilt
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