Replication Data for Breaking Barriers to Adoption: A Multi-Stakeholder Platform Approach to Promoting Improved Common Bean Varieties among Farmers in Malawi (doi:10.7910/DVN/MHZQV0)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for Breaking Barriers to Adoption: A Multi-Stakeholder Platform Approach to Promoting Improved Common Bean Varieties among Farmers in Malawi

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/MHZQV0

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2024-09-16

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Kadakoma Rambiki, Ivy; Magreta, Ruth; Phiri, Alexander; Birachi, Eliud Abucheli; Larochelle, Catherine; Mutua, Mercy Muli; Rubyogo, Jean Claude; Nkhata, Wilson, 2024, "Replication Data for Breaking Barriers to Adoption: A Multi-Stakeholder Platform Approach to Promoting Improved Common Bean Varieties among Farmers in Malawi", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MHZQV0, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:y9AEt1QsbTHDrXqRFriXQA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for Breaking Barriers to Adoption: A Multi-Stakeholder Platform Approach to Promoting Improved Common Bean Varieties among Farmers in Malawi

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/MHZQV0

Authoring Entity:

Kadakoma Rambiki, Ivy (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, African Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Policy Analysis, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics)

Magreta, Ruth (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, African Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Policy Analysis, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics)

Phiri, Alexander (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, African Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Policy Analysis, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics)

Birachi, Eliud Abucheli (International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT)

Larochelle, Catherine (Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics)

Mutua, Mercy Muli (International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT)

Rubyogo, Jean Claude (International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT)

Nkhata, Wilson (International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Mercy Muli Mutua

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Eliud Birachi

Producer:

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Date of Production:

2022-05-31

Grant Number:

A458-MSU(USA-USAID)-Transforming Seed Systems in Malawi, to respond to bean variety demand through multi-stakeholder platforms

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Access Authority:

Alliance Data Management

Depositor:

Alliance Data Management

Date of Deposit:

2024-04-18

Date of Distribution:

2023-09-15

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MHZQV0

Study Scope

Keywords:

Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences, Participatory Varietal Selection, Africa, Crops for Nutrition and Health

Topic Classification:

technology adoption

Abstract:

The study’s data is from a survey that was conducted to address the objective of transforming seed systems to respond to common bean varieties’ demand through multi-stakeholder platforms in the Malawi Multi-stakeholder Platform (MSP) project. The output of the project hypothesis was evidence that using the MSP-based Participatory Variety Evaluation (PVE) approaches increases awareness and accelerates uptake of new market-demanded varieties. The study's main objective was to assess the influence of MSPs and farmers' attitudes on the uptake of improved common bean varieties. The survey was conducted in Dedza, Mzimba, and Kasungu districts of Malawi, which are among those areas where common bean is mostly cultivated by farmers owing to favorable soil type, climatic conditions, and rainfall patterns. In the MSP project design, Dedza district, which is in the central region, and Mzimba district, in the northern region of Malawi, were the intervention areas. Kasungu district, which is in the central region and borders Mzimba district, is the counterfactual site. <br> <br> Methodology:The study used a multi-staged sampling procedure where, in the first stage, purposive sampling was used to select districts and Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) within each district. Sections, villages, and farmer households were then selected randomly. The information was collected at the household level, with the principal decision maker in a household responding to the full survey. The study collected data from 797 farmer households, of which 62% were from intervention areas and 38% were from counterfactual areas. Data analysis was done using STATA and MS-Excel.

Time Period:

2021-05-01-

Date of Collection:

2022-05-19-2022-06-01

Country:

Malawi

Unit of Analysis:

Household, individual farmers

Universe:

Bean farmers in Malawi

Kind of Data:

Survey Data

Kind of Data:

Socio-economic Data

Methodology and Processing

Sampling Procedure:

Multi-stage

Type of Research Instrument:

Questionnaire

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

Primary data collected from farming households

Data Access

Disclaimer:

<p>The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (hereinafter "the Alliance"), its partners, and the data authors have exercised utmost care in collecting and compiling the data. However, the data is provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty. Neither the Alliance, its partners, the data authors, nor any relevant funding agencies shall be held liable for any actual, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of this data.</p> <p>By utilizing the Alliance Dataverse, users explicitly acknowledge that the data may contain nonconformities, defects, or errors. No warranty is provided that the data will meet users' needs or expectations, nor that all nonconformities, defects, or errors can or will be corrected.</p> <p>Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy and suitability of the data for their intended use. It is strongly recommended that users refer to related publications as a baseline for their analysis whenever possible. This practice serves as an additional safeguard against misinterpretation of the data. Related publications are listed in the metadata section of the respective Dataverse study.</p>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f10123432

File: 02b. Replication data for Farmer uptake manuscript.tab

  • Number of cases: 797

  • No. of variables per record: 17

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:y9AEt1QsbTHDrXqRFriXQA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • unique_hhid - Household identification number
  • district - district
  • HH_Age - Age of household head
  • HH_Sex - Sex of household head
  • HH_Edu_i - Number of years in education that a household head has completed
  • hhliteracy - Literacy of household head
  • hhsize - Household size
  • hhmstatus - Marital status of household head
  • PartPVE - Presence of PVE approaches
  • project_area - intervention & counterfactual areas of the project
  • msp - Membership in MSP
  • partyear - Number of years PVE approaches have existed in the community
  • knowledge - awareness of the improved common bean varieties
  • accessibility - Attitude towards accessibility of improved common bean varieties
  • affordability - Attitude towards affordability of improved common bean varieties
  • yield - Attitude towards yield potential of improved common bean varieties
  • uptake - if ever cultivate improved common bean varieties

Variables

Household identification number

f10123432 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 759.8062449616936; Min. 1001.0; Valid 797.0; Mean 1998.0526976160686; Max. 3191.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Ky/fbuONoALe/Cr1QJzaTQ==

district

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

Kasungu

303

3.

Dedza

191

1.

Mzimba

303

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.8594730238393975; Valid 797.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.7751324888130926; Max. 3.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:opwJXud5es0T47p7TSiSuA==

Age of household head

f10123432 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 13.519193234583769; Max. 91.0; Valid 797.0; Min. 16.0; Mean 44.961104140526956;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ehbF+DatWJsXndw8DHBOHA==

Sex of household head

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

Female

166

1.

Male

631

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.7917189460476788; StDev 0.4063338742854874; Valid 797.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:srhku3+bdKLtMBJE9xKzMw==

Number of years in education that a household head has completed

f10123432 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 6.336260978670007; Min. 0.0; StDev 3.896893824514995; Max. 18.0; Valid 797.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OYy3hbbq2URYsGVU7GNVog==

Literacy of household head

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No

85

1.

Yes

712

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.30886149205101715; Min. 0.0; Valid 797.0; Mean 0.8933500627352574;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XsFQ9HV0Ixk92kcAUNsNQQ==

Household size

f10123432 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 5.220828105395233; Valid 797.0; Max. 17.0; StDev 1.9176298752641407; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zzUUeWYxvWRNzViZihicrg==

Marital status of household head

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Yes

669

0.

No

128

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.36739424505757895; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.8393977415307402; Valid 797.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CTx1AVwX6gD2jnAEN+Cqbg==

Presence of PVE approaches

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No

427

1.

Yes

370

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.46424090338770363; StDev 0.4990328154920029; Max. 1.0; Valid 797.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YX88J2DRtovB1BgCeVsd9A==

intervention & counterfactual areas of the project

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

Counterfactual

303

1.

Intervention

494

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 797.0; Mean 0.6198243412797998; StDev 0.4857346601386667; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:18Y9QSTT9CrRlDHRWHO8kQ==

Membership in MSP

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Yes

580

0.

No

217

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4454081599729022; Min. 0.0; Valid 797.0; Mean 0.7277289836888331; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gFz0YVAcWk1NCbv07Cnmmw==

Number of years PVE approaches have existed in the community

f10123432 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.3237139272271015; Valid 797.0; Max. 16.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 2.1965258677987

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XitHkQWu/vnEORoeXawdqg==

awareness of the improved common bean varieties

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Yes

581

0.

No

216

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.7289836888331236; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 797.0; StDev 0.44476361061984454

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6JXIvJBlPb9fLxIwn55xRQ==

Attitude towards accessibility of improved common bean varieties

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Positive

383

3.

Neutral

138

2.

Negative

276

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.7482696317850055; Min. 1.0; Max. 3.0; Mean 1.692597239648682; Valid 797.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Sc2gk4vji3FKI/tz1qzqIg==

Attitude towards affordability of improved common bean varieties

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Positive

218

3.

Neutral

139

2.

Negative

440

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 0.6623103551400382; Valid 797.0; Max. 3.0; Mean 1.900878293601004

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oYRozP7ke0cjQ4QUeFBb9w==

Attitude towards yield potential of improved common bean varieties

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

Negative

41

3.

Neutral

96

1.

Positive

660

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.6695863423609805; Mean 1.292346298619824; Max. 3.0; Valid 797.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PgT0rC1AieZNtd081r9P3A==

if ever cultivate improved common bean varieties

f10123432 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No

342

1.

Yes

455

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 797.0; StDev 0.49525977588226877; Mean 0.5708908406524473

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:98z59aJ1jR+Q74/R4xkE1Q==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

01a. DATA DESCRIPTION FOR FARMERS' UPTAKE MANUSCRIPT.docx

Text:

Data dictionary

Notes:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

01b. DATA DICTIONARY FOR FARMERS' UPTAKE MANUSCRIPT.xlsx

Text:

Data dictionary

Notes:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet