Table 1 Livelihood assets selected and their expected influence on adoption of the BXW control strategy
From: Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
Livelihood assets | Expected influence | References |
|---|---|---|
Human capital | ||
HH head education (years) | + | Mignouna et al. 2011 |
HH head age (years) | – | Adesina and Zinnah 1993 |
HH size (number) | + | Mwangi and Kariuki 2015 |
Social capital | ||
HH head gender (1 male) | + | Doss and Morris 2001 |
Access to extension services (1 yes) | + | Peshin 2013 |
Natural capital | ||
Farm location | +/– | Otieno et al. 2011 |
Land owned (acres) | + | Deressa et al. 2009 |
Land banana percentage | + | Jogo et al. 2013 |
Physical capital | ||
Home index | + | Kuntashula et al. 2015 |
Farm equipment index | + | Shinbrot et al. 2019 |
Financial capital | ||
Banana farming objective | + | Kikulwe et al. 2019 |
Access to credit facilities (1 yes) | + | Tambo and Abdoulaye 2012 |
Off-farm income (1 yes) | + | Reardon et al. 2007 |