Replication Data for Breaking Barriers to Adoption: A Multi-Stakeholder Platform Approach to Promoting Improved Common Bean Varieties among Farmers in Malawi
2024
Kadakoma Rambiki, Ivy | Magreta, Ruth | Phiri, Alexander | Birachi, Eliud Abucheli | Larochelle, Catherine | Mutua, Mercy Muli | Rubyogo, Jean Claude | Nkhata, Wilson | Alliance Data Management | Mercy Muli Mutua | Eliud Birachi
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.
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