Effect of socio-cultural factors on gendered decision-making in the adoption of improved maize storage technologies

References

• Achieng’, F. O. (2014). Socio-economic factors influencing adoption of improved maize storage systems in Bungoma District, Kenya. Master thesis, University of Nairobi.
   Google Scholar
• Anand, A. (2018). Examining the role of the intra-household bargaining in the adoption of the green technology. Scripps Senior Theses, 1259. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1259/
   Google Scholar
• Apsalone, M., & Šumilo, Ē. (2015). Socio-cultural factors and international competitiveness. Business, Management and Economics Engineering, 13(2), 276–21. https://doi.org/10.3846/bme.2015.302
   Google Scholar
• Bokusheva, R., Finger, R., Fischler, M., Berlin, R., Marin, Y., Pérez, F., & Paiz, F. (2012). Factors determining the adoption and impact of a postharvest storage technology. Food Security, 4(2), 279–293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-012-0184-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brukner, M., Lafleur, M., & Pilterce, I. (2017). The impact of technological revolution on labour markets and income distribution. Frontier issues, no. 1, 31 July 2017, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, [New York]. https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/2017/development-policy-seminar-frontier-issuesthe-impact-of-the-technological-revolution-on-labour-markets-and-income-distribution/
   Google Scholar
• Cunguara, B., & Moder, K. (2011). Is agricultural extension helping the poor? Evidence from rural Mozambique. Journal of African Economies, 20(4), 562–595. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejr015
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Doss, C. R. (2001). Designing agricultural technology for African women farmers: Lessons from 25 years of experience. World Development, 29(12), 2075–2092. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00088-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gbénou-Sissinto, E., Adegbola, Y. P., Biaou, G., & Zossou, R. C. (2018). Farmers’ willingness to pay for new storage technologies for maize in Northern and Central Benin. Sustainability, 10(8), 2925. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082925
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gramm, V., Torre, C. D., & Membretti, A. (2020). Farms in progress-providing childcare services as a means of empowering women farmers in South Tyrol, Italy. Sustainability, 12(2), 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020467
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Helvetas. (2018). Tanzania: Increase food security and income for farming households in Central Corridor of Tanzania. https://www.helvetas.org/en/tanzania/what-we-do/how-we-work/our-projects/tanzania-storage-food-products
   Google Scholar
• Jacobs, M. T., Broese van Groenou, M. I., de Boer, A. H., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2014). Individual determinants of task division in older adults’ mixed care networks. Health & Social Care in the Community, 22(1), 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12061
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kiaya, V. (2014). Post-harvest losses and strategies to reduce them. ACF International, pp 1-25. http://www.academia.edu/download/45278162/POST_HARVEST_LOSSES.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Kumar, D., & Kalita, P. (2017). Reducing postharvest losses during storage of grain crops to strengthen food security in developing countries. Foods, 6(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6010008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• López, F., & Maffioli, A. (2008). Technology adoption, productivity and specialization of Uruguayan breeders: Evidence from impact evaluation. Working Papers OVE/WP-07/08, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.
   Google Scholar
• Mbulu District Council. (2018). Mbulu District Council. www.mbuludc.go.tz/history
   Google Scholar
• Mmbando, F. E., & Baiyegunhi, L. J. S. (2017). Socio-economic and institutional factors influencing adoption of improved maize varieties in Hai District, Tanzania. Journal of Human Ecology, 53(1), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09709274.2016.11906955
   Google Scholar
• Mutungi, C., & Affognon, H. (2013). Fighting food losses in Tanzania: The way forward for postharvest research and innovations. ICIPE Policy Brief, 3/13. https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/handle/10625/52222
   Google Scholar
• Nordhagen, S. (2021). Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), working paper no. 20, Geneva, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.36072/wp.20.
   Google Scholar
• Okorley, E. L., Acheampong, L., & Abenor, M. T. E. (2014). The current status of Mango farming business in Ghana: A case study of Mango farming in the Dangme West District. Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science, 47(1), 73–80. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjas/article/view/107031
   Google Scholar
• Omotilewa, O. J., Ricker-Gilbert, J., & Ainembabazi, J. H. (2019). Subsidies for agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from a randomized experiment with improved grain storage bags in Uganda. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(3), 753–772. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay108
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Omotilewa, O. J., Ricker-Gilbert, J., Ainembabazi, J. H., & Shively, G. E. (2018). Does improved storage technology promote modern input use and food security? Evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda. Journal of Development Economics, 135, 176–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.07.006
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Owach, C., Bahiigwa, G., & Alepu, G. (2017). Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in Northern Uganda. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 7, 127–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2017.072.003
   Google Scholar
• Pachauri, S., & Rao, N. D. (2013). Gender impacts and determinants of energy poverty: Are we asking the right questions? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 5(2), 205–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pekmez, H. (2016). Cereal storage techniques: A review. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, B6, 67–71. https://doi.org/10.17265/2161-6264/2016.02.001
   Google Scholar
• Qu, X., Kojima, D., Wu, L., & Ando, M. (2021). The losses in the rice harvest process: A review. Sustainability, 13(17), 9627. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179627
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rose, J., & Fogarty, G. (2010). Technology readiness and segmentation profile of mature consumers. Conference Proceedings of Academy of World Business, Marketing & Management Development, 4, 57–65.
   Google Scholar
• Rugumamu, C. (2012). Assessment of post-harvest technologies and gender relations in maize loss reduction in Pangawe village Eastern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 35, 67–76. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjs/article/view/73533
   Google Scholar
• Sahoo, L., Arya, M. P. S., Patra, C., Prusty, M., Sahoo, A., & Sahoo, M. (2018). Gender roles in seed storage and management. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 7(1), 219–224. https://www.ijset.net/journal/2035.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Schaner, S. (2016). The cost of convenience?: Transaction costs, bargaining power, and savings account use in Kenya. Journal of Human Resources, 52(4), 919–945. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.4.0815-7350R1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shee, A., Mayanja, S., Simba, E., Stathers, T., Bechoff, A., & Bennett, B. (2019). Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweet potato value chains: An ordered Probit analysis. Food Security, 11(5), 1101–1120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00949-4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sibanda, S., & Workneh, T. S. (2020). Potential causes of postharvest losses, low-cost cooling technology for fresh produce farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 16(5), 553–566. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2020.14714
   Google Scholar
• Stathers, T., Holcroft, D., Kitinoja, L., Mvumi, B. M., English, A., Omotilewa, O., Kocher, M., Ault, J., & Torero, M. (2020). A scoping review of interventions for crop postharvest loss reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Nature Sustainability, 3(10), 821–835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00622-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sugri, I., Abubakari, M., Owusu, R. K., & Bidzakin, J. K. (2021). Postharvest losses and mitigating technologies: Evidence from Upper East Region of Ghana. Sustainable Futures, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2021.100048
   Google Scholar
• Takahashi, K., Muraoka, R., & Otsuka, K. (2019). Technology adoption, impact, and extension in developing countries’ agriculture: A review of the recent literature. Agricultural Economics, 51(1), 31–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12539
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• United Republic of Tanzania (URT). (2016). Agricultural sector development strategy: 2015/2016 – 2024/2025. Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives.
   Google Scholar
• Ushetu District Council. (2018). Ushetu District Council. www.ushetudc.go.tz/history
   Google Scholar
• Wang Sonne, S. E. (2016). Stop the killer in the kitchen: Do women intrahousehold bargaining power trigger clean fuel adoption? Evidence from Senegal. A paper presented at GGKP 4th Annual Conference, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Union for African Population Studies (UAPS). September 6-7, 2016. https://uaps2015.popconf.org/papers/150769
   Google Scholar