Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia
We examine factors affecting the adoption of improved cassava varieties of 217 households in the Cauca Department in southwest Colombia. Using DNA fingerprinting through Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), we identified different cultivars in farmers fields. We also used this information to remo...
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| author | Floro IV, Victorino O. Labarta, Ricardo Antonio Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Martínez, Jose M. Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M. |
| author_browse | Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Floro IV, Victorino O. Labarta, Ricardo Antonio Martínez, Jose M. Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M. |
| author_facet | Floro IV, Victorino O. Labarta, Ricardo Antonio Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Martínez, Jose M. Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M. |
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| description | We examine factors affecting the adoption of improved cassava varieties of 217 households in the Cauca Department in southwest Colombia. Using DNA fingerprinting through Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), we identified different cultivars in farmers fields. We also used this information to remove possible bias in the adoption model that could have resulted from a misclassification of improved varieties (IVs). As a result, we found that farmers substantially overestimate their use of IVs and there are important differences in the determinants of adoption between farmer self-identification and DNA fingerprinting. This finding implies that the incorporation of DNA fingerprinting in IV adoption studies is important to ensure the accuracy of future agricultural economic research and the relevance of subsequent policy recommendations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace890442025-03-13T09:44:05Z Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia Floro IV, Victorino O. Labarta, Ricardo Antonio Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Martínez, Jose M. Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M. manihot esculenta crantz cassava dna varieties households variedades hogares We examine factors affecting the adoption of improved cassava varieties of 217 households in the Cauca Department in southwest Colombia. Using DNA fingerprinting through Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), we identified different cultivars in farmers fields. We also used this information to remove possible bias in the adoption model that could have resulted from a misclassification of improved varieties (IVs). As a result, we found that farmers substantially overestimate their use of IVs and there are important differences in the determinants of adoption between farmer self-identification and DNA fingerprinting. This finding implies that the incorporation of DNA fingerprinting in IV adoption studies is important to ensure the accuracy of future agricultural economic research and the relevance of subsequent policy recommendations. 2018-06 2017-10-17T18:53:12Z 2017-10-17T18:53:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89044 en Open Access Wiley Floro IV, Victorino O.; Labarta, Ricardo A.; Becerra López-Lavalle, Luis Augusto; Martinez, Jose M.; Ovalle, Tatiana. 2017. Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia . Journal of Agricultural Economics 1-19 p. |
| spellingShingle | manihot esculenta crantz cassava dna varieties households variedades hogares Floro IV, Victorino O. Labarta, Ricardo Antonio Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Martínez, Jose M. Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M. Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title | Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title_full | Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title_short | Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia |
| title_sort | household determinants of the adoption of improved cassava varieties using dna fingerprinting to identify varieties in farmer fields a case study in colombia |
| topic | manihot esculenta crantz cassava dna varieties households variedades hogares |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89044 |
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