Building resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties: Farmers' priorities in western Kenya

dc.creatorMarenya, P.P.
dc.creatorWanyama, R.
dc.creatorAlemu, S.
dc.creatorWoyengo, V.
dc.date2023-03-31T20:30:12Z
dc.date2023-03-31T20:30:12Z
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:10:30Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:10:30Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22556
dc.identifier10.3389/fsufs.2022.702405
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7514299
dc.descriptionMaize cropping systems in Kenya, as is true in many other places in Africa, face multiple biotic and abiotic stressors not least climatic ones. Guided by farmers' priorities, maize breeding programs can contribute to the needed resilience against these changes by developing and mainstreaming new generations of maize varieties adapted to these challenges. Using data from 1,400 farmers and applying a multi-criteria choice analysis, this study reports on smallholder farmers' relative valuation of stress tolerance traits. The results showed that farmers were willing to pay significant premiums for tolerance to drought, striga, low nitrogen (nitrogen use efficiency) and fall army worm infestation, in that order. Large scale incorporation of these traits in legacy varieties as well as new ones, can contribute to enhancing maize system resilience and adaptation to changing growing conditions. For seed systems development, these traits can provide the basis for making strong business cases for the replacement of old varieties with new, stress-adapted ones.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFrontiers
dc.relationClimate adaptation & mitigation
dc.relationAccelerated Breeding
dc.relationMarket Intelligence
dc.relationSeed Equal
dc.relationSystems Transformation
dc.relationResilient Agrifood Systems
dc.relationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.relationUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129871
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source6
dc.source2571-581X
dc.sourceFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
dc.source702405
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectClimate-Ready Maize Varieties
dc.subjectMaize-Genetic Improvement
dc.subjectSmallholder Farming Systems
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectVARIETIES
dc.subjectGENETIC IMPROVEMENT
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERS
dc.subjectFARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectSustainable Agrifood Systems
dc.titleBuilding resilient maize production systems with stress-adapted varieties: Farmers' priorities in western Kenya
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageKenya
dc.coverageSwitzerland


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