Production characteristics and strategies for adapting to the impacts of climate change on cassava whiteflies and viruses in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Catania
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Copenhagen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationObafemi Awolowo University
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Union
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierVeronica Nwakaego E. Uzokwe: 0000-0002-5563-9210
cg.creator.identifierJames Legg: 0000-0003-4140-3757
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2021.4.1.03
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.issn2588-1299
cg.issue1
cg.journalVietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMY
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVA
cg.subject.iitaCLIMATE CHANGE
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROL
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITY
cg.subject.iitaPESTS OF PLANTS
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDING
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASES
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTION
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.volume4
dc.contributor.authorAregbesola, O.Z.
dc.contributor.authorUzokwe, Veronica N.E.
dc.contributor.authorAdeloye, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorRapisarda, C.
dc.contributor.authorLund, O.
dc.contributor.authorSigsgaard, L.
dc.contributor.authorLegg, James P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-20T12:30:31Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-20T12:30:31Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116886
dc.titleProduction characteristics and strategies for adapting to the impacts of climate change on cassava whiteflies and viruses in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractCassava is Africa’s most important food security crop and sustains about 700 million people globally. Survey interviews of 320 farmers in three regions of Tanzania to identify their production characteristics, and interviews with 20 international whitefly/virus experts were conductedto identify adaptation strategies to lessen the impacts of cassava whiteflies and viruses due to climate change in Tanzania. Structured and pre-tested interview schedules were conducted using a multistage sampling technique. Most of the farmers (66.8%) produced cassava primarily for food, and relied mainly on their friends (43.8%) and their farms (41.9%) for cassava planting materials. Farmers significantly differed in their socio-economic and production characteristics except for gender and access to extension support (P < 0.01). A significant association was found between extension support, sources of planting materials, and reasons for growing cassava with both the control of cassava viruses and the control of whiteflies by the farmers. A significantly higher number of farmers controlled cassava viruses (38.1%) than cassava whiteflies (19.7%). The adaptation strategies most recommended by experts were: integrating pest and disease management programs, phytosanitation, and applying novel vector management techniques.The experts also recommended capacity building through the training of stakeholders, establishing monitoring networks to get updates on cassava pests and disease statuses, incorporating pest and disease adaptation planning into the general agricultural management plans, and developing climate change-pest/disease models for accessing the local and national level impacts that can facilitate more specific adaptation planning in order to enhance the farmers’ adaptive capacities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2021-06-18
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAregbesola, O.Z., Uzokwe, V.N.E., Adeloye, K.A., Rapisarda, C., søgaard Lund, O., Sigsgaard, L. & Legg, J. (2021). Production characteristics and strategies for adapting to the impacts of climate change on cassava whiteflies and viruses in Tanzania. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 4(1), 921-935.en
dcterms.extent921-935
dcterms.issued2021
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherAgricultural University Press
dcterms.subjectpest managementen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectdiseasesen
dcterms.subjectcropping systemsen
dcterms.subjecteast africaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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