Farmers' attitudes and practices towards variety and certified seed use, seed replacement and seed storage in wheat growing areas of Ethiopia
Farmers' attitudes and practices towards variety and certified seed use, seed replacement and seed storage in wheat growing areas of Ethiopia
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DOI：
10.1080/20421338.2018.1550932
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发表时间：
2019-01-02
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Kalsa, Karta Kaske
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作者：
Kalsa, Karta Kaske
农民对小麦品种和认证种子使用、种子替代和种子储存的普遍态度和做法是通过实地调查评估的，该调查遵循多阶段有目的的抽样技术，确定了埃塞俄比亚三个地区(奥罗米亚、阿姆哈拉和SNNP)10个区(WEEDA)的552名小农。2013年使用结构化问卷收集数据，并进行描述性分析和交叉制表。约57.6%(n=514)的受访者偏爱高产小麦品种，39.9%的受访者偏爱抗病品种。农民平均在一个季节购买157.2公斤认证种子，其中大多数人以现金支付，无论他们对种子价格的态度如何。现有品种对病害的敏感性是大多数农民(63.8%，n=538)购买认证种子的重要原因。研究地区的农民已经习惯于将自己保存的种子储存长达一年。总之，农民对认证小麦种子有很好的了解，但他们的态度决定了购买认证种子的频率，必须通过支持具有抗病品种但产量损失最小的认证种子供应链得到充分解决。
Farmers' prevailing attitudes and practices towards wheat variety and certified seed use, seed replacement and seed storage were assessed through a field survey following a multistage purposive sampling technique to identify 552 smallholder farmers from 10 districts (wereda) in three regional states (Oromiya, Amhara, and SNNP) in Ethiopia. Data were collected in 2013, using a structured questionnaire and subject to descriptive analysis and cross-tabulations. About 57.6% (n = 514) of respondents preferred wheat varieties with high yield whereas 39.9% of the respondents preferred varieties with disease resistance. Farmers purchased an average amount of 157.2 kg certified seed in one season, and most of them paid for it in cash, regardless of their attitudes to seed prices. Disease susceptibility of the existing variety was a significant reason why most farmers (63.8%, n = 538) purchased certified seed. Farmers in the studied areas have practised storing own saved seed up to one year. In conclusion, farmers have good knowledge of certified wheat seed, but their attitudes that dictated the frequency of purchase of certified seed have to be addressed adequately through backstopping of the certified seed supply chain with disease resistant varieties but that have minimum yield penalty.