Farmers’ rice knowledge and adoption of new cultivars in the Tillabéry region of western Niger

Sow, Mounirou; Seck, Papa Abdoulaye; Maïga, Illiassou Mossi; Laing, Mark; Ortíz, Rodomiro; Ndjiondjop, Marie-Noëlle

doi:10.1186/s40066-015-0024-6

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“…This trend was already observed on fonio millet cropping in Togo (Adoukonou-Sagbadja et al, 2006) as well on rice farming in many African countries such as Ghana, Mali, Tanzania and Kenya (Asante et al, 2013;Efisue et al, 2008;Hashim et al, 2018;Kimani et al, 2011) where women implications to farming activities were recorded up to 46%. However, rice farmers in Niger were in quasi-totality (98%) constituted of men (Sow et al, 2015) while rice farming was dominated by women in the Cascade region of Burkina Faso (Kam et al, 2013) and the coastal rainfed lowland region of Kenya (Musila et al, 2018). For any situation, women are known as the principal actors in post-harvest activities such as processing, parboiling and selling as it has well noted by Zossou et al (2010).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Rice Producers Surveyedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, rice is mostly grown in monoculture, except few farmers who combined rice with okra and vegetables. This practice is common in rice cropping (Sow et al, 2015) as well in other crops like fonio millet (Adoukonou-Sagbadja et al, 2006), sorghum (Missihoun et al, 2012) etc. Apart from a few farmers, almost every activity from land preparation to harvesting, threshing and drying was manually done.…”

Section: Agricultural Practices In Rice Cultivation In Beninmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The use of seeds from their own previous harvest to establish new season crop was not practiced by farmers. This agricultural practice conducted in order to avoid seeds contamination contrasts with farmers from Burkina Faso (Kam et al, 2013), Niger (Sow et al, 2015), Kenya (Musila et al, 2018) and Tanzania (Hashim et al, 2018). Finally, rice produced by farmers were not only self-consumed but also sold as milled or paddy rice type for cash to finance family needs mainly on the local markets of the country or in two neighboring countries, Nigeria and Togo.…”

Section: Agricultural Practices In Rice Cultivation In Beninmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Agriculture is the major land use in the study area. The data were collected through focus group discussions, individual interviews using questionnaires and transect walks on field visits following the methodology described by Adoukonou-Sagbadja et al (2006) and successfully applied on rice in Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger respectively by Asante et al (2013), Efisue et al (2008), Kam et al (2013), and Sow et al (2015). The questionnaire written was administrated in the most spoken local language in each community group involved in the survey for better understanding.…”

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Farmers’ Preferences for Varietal Traits, Their Knowledge and Perceptions in Traditional Management of Drought Constraints in Rice Cropping in Benin: Implications for Rice Breeding

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Adoukonou‐Sagbadja²,

N’Danikou³

et al. 2020

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Rice (Oryza spp.) is one of the most important crops that significantly contribute to food security in Benin. In the current context of climate change, drought is known to be the main abiotic stress in crops and a major yield-limiting factor for agricultural production worldwide. To assess farmers’ knowledge, the preference traits of the rice cultivars in use, their perceptions and management of drought stress in rice production in Benin, an ethnobotanical investigation was conducted in 50 villages throughout the major zones. The results showed that High yield combined with good grain quality (including good taste, softness after cooking, less starch, white pericarp, long grain length and swelling when cooked), medium maturing and tolerance to drought and flood were the most desired traits motivating farmers for growing rice cultivars. Taste and high yield were the paramount traits of IR841, the most popular rice variety currently cropped in Benin followed by its fragrance. Drought constraints was reported as the most damaging abiotic stress across the villages surveyed with field lost estimated up to 100% at the flowering stage. Changing sowing date (80%), the use of irrigation systems (10%) and the cropping of early maturing cultivars (7%) were the most traditional strategies to reduce drought impacts. Needs for tolerant varieties were clearly expressed by farmers to mitigate drought effects on rice production in Benin. The results of this survey emphasize the need for rice breeders to focus more on improving grain quality in addition to high yield potential and tolerance to abiotic stresses mainly drought.

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Section: Characteristics Of Rice Producers Surveyedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Agricultural Practices In Rice Cultivation In Beninmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Agricultural Practices In Rice Cultivation In Beninmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Farmers’ Preferences for Varietal Traits, Their Knowledge and Perceptions in Traditional Management of Drought Constraints in Rice Cropping in Benin: Implications for Rice Breeding

Fatondji¹,

Adoukonou‐Sagbadja²,

N’Danikou³

et al. 2020

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“…Data were collected on the basis of a questionnaire that was developed after a literature review [15,18,19]. The questionnaire assessed the adoption of improved varieties (non-adoption = 0, adoption = 1) as the dependent variable and various attributes as the independent variables.…”

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Adoption Determinants of Modern Rice Cultivars among Smallholders of Northern Iran

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Several agronomic innovations and precision technologies have been developed and disseminated in rice cultivation, but adoption is often lagged, particularly in developing countries. The objective of this work was to collect information on the use of improved rice cultivars and factors affecting adoption through a farmers' survey in Guilan Province, northern Iran. About 4 out of 10 farmers (42.8%) used improved rice cultivars. Above half of the farmers (55.2%) recognized the high profitability of this technology and half (49.8%) realized that modern rice cultivars are of great importance. However, there were some farmers who perceived no profitability (14.8%) or no importance (12.5%) regarding this technology. Additionally, 9.8% were not aware of the profitability, and 16.2% were not aware of the importance of the technology. The majority of the farmers (60.5%) collaborated with fellow farmers about common production problems. Nevertheless, low cooperation with extension agents was noted for 58.5% of the farmers and low attendance of local agricultural offices activities was noted for 59.8% of the farmers. A logistic regression analysis showed that perceived profitability and perceived importance of modern varieties, background in rice farming, and size of livestock holdings were positively associated with the adoption of improved cultivars. It can be concluded that the low acceptance of modern rice cultivars in the study area is related to current farming socio-economic conditions. Dissemination of information on improved cultivars from experienced farmers to other farmers should be considered to promote adoption, along with financial incentives to low-income farmers.

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On-Farm Management of Rice Diversity, Varietal Preference Criteria, and Farmers’ Perceptions of the African (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) Versus Asian Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Republic of Benin (West Africa): Implications for Breeding and Conservation

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Farmers’ rice knowledge and adoption of new cultivars in the Tillabéry region of western Niger

Abstract: Background: Tillabéry is the main rice growing region of Niger, and it includes both irrigated and lowland rice. Rice production has stagnated due to several factors this research investigated through farmers' eyes.

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Farmers’ Preferences for Varietal Traits, Their Knowledge and Perceptions in Traditional Management of Drought Constraints in Rice Cropping in Benin: Implications for Rice Breeding

Farmers’ Preferences for Varietal Traits, Their Knowledge and Perceptions in Traditional Management of Drought Constraints in Rice Cropping in Benin: Implications for Rice Breeding

Adoption Determinants of Modern Rice Cultivars among Smallholders of Northern Iran

On-Farm Management of Rice Diversity, Varietal Preference Criteria, and Farmers’ Perceptions of the African (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) Versus Asian Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Republic of Benin (West Africa): Implications for Breeding and Conservation

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