Smallholder farmers' attitude toward quality seed of improved common bean varieties in Tanzania
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Date
2019
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International Journal of Research
Abstract
The importance of quality seed of improved varieties is well recognized and widely documented.
However, smallholder farmers’ demand for quality seed of improved varieties has remained low
for years. Previous studies have broadly identified technological, economic, institutional and
human specific factors as major determinants of adoption. However, these studies tended to pay
little attention on the influence of smallholder farmers’ attitude on decision to use quality seed of
improved common bean varieties. Therefore, using cross-sectional research design, a survey was
conducted in major regions producing common beans to determine smallholder farmers’ attitude
towards quality seed of improved common bean varieties. Generally, smallholder farmers
considered quality seed of improved common bean varieties to be beneficial (2.0616). However,
they had moderate positive attitude towards qualities (1.4705) and accessibility (1.4598) of quality
seed of improved common bean varieties. Nevertheless, they had very weak positive attitude
toward availability (0.3068), promotion (0.3432) and marketability (0.3326) of their produce.
Furthermore, findings indicated that benefits, qualities and marketability significantly influenced
their attitude. These findings suggest that efforts to promote quality seed use have to concentrate
on ensuring quality of claimed to be quality seeds and market outlets for produce from quality seed
of improved common bean varieties.
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Quality Seed, Attitude, Accessibility, Promotion, Marketability, Availability
Citation
Joshua S. Kidudu, Dismas L. Mwaseba, and Susan Nchimbi-Msolla. (2019). “SMALLHOLDER FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARD QUALITY SEED OF IMPROVED COMMON BEAN VARIETIES IN TANZANIA.” International Journal of Research - Granthaalayah, 7(5), 71-80. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i5.2019.826