Women’s prospects to adopt enhanced freshness formulation (EFF) technologies for banana in Morogoro rural district, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSubert, M. P.
dc.contributor.authorKilima, F. T. M.
dc.contributor.authorMwatawala, M. W.
dc.contributor.authorMsogoya, T. J.
dc.contributor.authorMtui, H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-26T16:07:08Z
dc.date.available2019-07-26T16:07:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionThe Journal of the Faculty of Food and Agriculture Volume 95 Special Issue 1en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper draws lessons from a study based on forecasts rather than actual results. The study was conducted to identify factors that could potentially affect women’s decisions to adopt enhanced freshness formulation (EFF) technologies among banana growers in Morogoro, Tanzania. The study tested whether men and women were equally likely to adopt EFF technologies. The authors also explored whether women who are willing and able to influence adoption decisions and women who are willing but unable to influence adoption decisions face similar adoption challenges. The results from logit model suggest that the adoption prospect is lower among female adopters than male adopters (p < .05). The study predicted a higher probability of female growers to be willing and able to influence adoption decisions among younger female growers compared to those over 35 years old (p < .1) although the overall impact on the adoption rate was low, owing to limited participation of young farmers (11 %) in banana production. The findings reveal less willingness and ability to adopt the technologies among female growers who perceived EFF applications as labour-insensitive technologies (p < .05). Likewise, the study identified higher willingness and ability to influence the adoption among growers whose bananas were not about to be harvested (p < .05). The authors recommend continued efforts to address a priori challenges that can potentially undermine adoption with easy-to-use preparation and application methods, and by targeting growers whose fruits are at early stages of maturation. Future studies could focus on the potential impacts of specific types of EFF technologies on the adoption prospect.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2880
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Journal of the Faculty of Food and Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectTechnology adoptionen_US
dc.subjectEnhanced freshness formulation technologiesen_US
dc.subjectEFF technologiesen_US
dc.subjectShelf lifeen_US
dc.subjectPost-harvest lossen_US
dc.subjectBananaen_US
dc.subjectFruiten_US
dc.subjectMorogoroen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleWomen’s prospects to adopt enhanced freshness formulation (EFF) technologies for banana in Morogoro rural district, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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