Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco

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dc.contributor.authorYigezu, Yigezu A.en
dc.contributor.authorBishaw, Zewdieen
dc.contributor.authorNiane, Abdoul Azizen
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.authorEl-Shater, Tameren
dc.contributor.authorBoughlala, Mohameden
dc.contributor.authorAw-Hassan, Adenen
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Wuletawen
dc.contributor.authorBassi, Filippo M.en
dc.contributor.authorAmri, Ahmeden
dc.contributor.authorBaum, Michaelen
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.coverage.countryMoroccoen
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T14:28:40Zen
dc.date.available2021-07-21T14:28:40Zen
dc.date.issued2021-07-06en
dc.description.abstractLow adoption of agricultural technologies slows efforts to increase agricultural productivity and enhance rural livelihoods in developing countries. A large body of literature has sought explanations for the problem, but the focus has been mainly on micro-level farm and community factors affecting adoption. Institutional factors such as policies and market conditions, which are also important, have been largely overlooked and, few, if any, studies combine the two levels of analysis. We use Morocco as a case study to analyze institutional and farm-level factors affecting diffusion and adoption of improved wheat varieties. Results show both sides to be important. Institutional factors such as overly stringent variety testing procedures, imbalance of power among actors in the seed sector and ill-conceived variety licensing contracts limit access to seeds of more recently released varieties. Adoption of older new varieties is found to be affected by farm and farmer characteristics, but imperfect access to new seeds, sometimes associated with the failings identified above, is also a constraint. Findings signal the need for increased private engagement in seed multiplication; revised variety testing procedures; alternative royalty mechanisms; and enhanced linkages between public research and private seed companies.en
dc.description.notesFunding for this research was obtained from the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat - CRP-WHEAT (Agreement No. 200077).en
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR Research Program on Wheat - CRP-WHEATCGIAR [200077]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01191-7en
dc.identifier.eissn1876-4525en
dc.identifier.issn1876-4517en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104240en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectVariety developmenten
dc.subjectVariety release and acquisitionen
dc.subjectSeed production and commercializationen
dc.subjectInstitutional factorsen
dc.subjectDemand-side factorsen
dc.subjectWheaten
dc.subjectMoroccoen
dc.titleInstitutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Moroccoen
dc.title.serialFood Securityen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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