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标题：Determining smallholder farmers’ preferences for Push-Pull technology dissemination pathways in western Kenya
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作者：Murage, Alice W. ; Amudavi, David Mulama ; Obare, Gideon A. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2010
期号：Suppl
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：The push-pull technology (PPT) has widely been disseminated to control stemborer (Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca) and Striga weeds (Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica) in maize fields in Kenya. This study examined farmers’ preferences for various dissemination pathways in order to proffer better targeting of resources in an optimal dissemination strategy. The pathways considered were public meetings (barazas), radio, farmer field schools (FFS), field days (FD), farmer teachers (FT), the fellow farmers (FF) and print materials. Using a weighted score index and ordered probit regression, the different pathways were sequentially ranked as FD, FT, FFS, FF, print materials, Radio, and barazas. Marginal effects from ordered probit showed that farmers had the least preferences for baraza and radio pathways. The farmer categories with the highest preference for particular pathways were: less educated farmers for FD, farmers with small land sizes for FT, farmers belonging to groups for FFS, and young educated farmers for the print materials. This information is extremely important for targeting the different segments of farmers.
关键词：Push-pull technology;Stemborer;Striga;Dissemination pathways;preference