Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh
Lack of understanding of the need for micronutrients among farmers is a major constraint on the adoption of biofortified crops. To examine the issue, we conducted a micro-nutrition training among female farmers with young children in randomly selected villages of Bangladesh in May–June 2017. One wee...
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| author | Valera, Harold Glenn Yamano, Takashi Pede, Valerien Puskur, Ranjitha Habib, Muhammad Ashraful Bashar, Md. Khairul |
| author_browse | Bashar, Md. Khairul Habib, Muhammad Ashraful Pede, Valerien Puskur, Ranjitha Valera, Harold Glenn Yamano, Takashi |
| author_facet | Valera, Harold Glenn Yamano, Takashi Pede, Valerien Puskur, Ranjitha Habib, Muhammad Ashraful Bashar, Md. Khairul |
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| description | Lack of understanding of the need for micronutrients among farmers is a major constraint on the adoption of biofortified crops. To examine the issue, we conducted a micro-nutrition training among female farmers with young children in randomly selected villages of Bangladesh in May–June 2017. One week after the training, we conducted a phone-based bidding on high-zinc rice seeds among trainees and their counterparts in control villages. If the bidding price was higher than a pre-fixed price, the bidders were asked to buy a 2.5-kilogram bag at the pre-fixed price. More than 70% of the treated female farmers participated in the bidding process and only 23% were from the control group. Female farmers who self-proclaim to be actively involved in decision-making bid a higher price than other female farmers. To measure the long-term impact of the training, we conducted follow-up surveys in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and found that the adoption of high-zinc rice in Aman season declined from 59% in 2018 to 7.5% in 2020 among treated farmers and from 12.9% to 1.9% among control farmers. The regression analysis indicates that nutrition training has a long-term but diminishing impact on the adoption of high-zinc rice. Among treatment farmers, unavailability of seeds and low yields were cited as major reasons for not using high-zinc rice, while lack of knowledge about high-zinc rice was a dominant reason among control farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1714292025-02-19T14:30:52Z Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh Valera, Harold Glenn Yamano, Takashi Pede, Valerien Puskur, Ranjitha Habib, Muhammad Ashraful Bashar, Md. Khairul technology innovation adoption biofortification rice nutrition women women farmers decision making regression analysis surveys trace elements trace element deficiencies nutrition education Lack of understanding of the need for micronutrients among farmers is a major constraint on the adoption of biofortified crops. To examine the issue, we conducted a micro-nutrition training among female farmers with young children in randomly selected villages of Bangladesh in May–June 2017. One week after the training, we conducted a phone-based bidding on high-zinc rice seeds among trainees and their counterparts in control villages. If the bidding price was higher than a pre-fixed price, the bidders were asked to buy a 2.5-kilogram bag at the pre-fixed price. More than 70% of the treated female farmers participated in the bidding process and only 23% were from the control group. Female farmers who self-proclaim to be actively involved in decision-making bid a higher price than other female farmers. To measure the long-term impact of the training, we conducted follow-up surveys in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and found that the adoption of high-zinc rice in Aman season declined from 59% in 2018 to 7.5% in 2020 among treated farmers and from 12.9% to 1.9% among control farmers. The regression analysis indicates that nutrition training has a long-term but diminishing impact on the adoption of high-zinc rice. Among treatment farmers, unavailability of seeds and low yields were cited as major reasons for not using high-zinc rice, while lack of knowledge about high-zinc rice was a dominant reason among control farmers. 2021 2025-01-29T12:58:10Z 2025-01-29T12:58:10Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171429 en Open Access International Association of Agricultural Economists Valera, Harold Glenn; Yamano, Takashi; Pede, Valerien; Puskur, Ranjitha; Habib, Muhammad Ashraful; and Bashar, M. D. Khairul. 2021. Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh. Presented at the 31st International Conference of Agricultural Economists, New Delhi, India, August 17-31, 2021. https://purl.umn.edu/315165 |
| spellingShingle | technology innovation adoption biofortification rice nutrition women women farmers decision making regression analysis surveys trace elements trace element deficiencies nutrition education Valera, Harold Glenn Yamano, Takashi Pede, Valerien Puskur, Ranjitha Habib, Muhammad Ashraful Bashar, Md. Khairul Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title | Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Impact of nutrition training on long-term adoption of high-zinc rice: A randomized control trial study among female farmers in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | impact of nutrition training on long term adoption of high zinc rice a randomized control trial study among female farmers in bangladesh |
| topic | technology innovation adoption biofortification rice nutrition women women farmers decision making regression analysis surveys trace elements trace element deficiencies nutrition education |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171429 |
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