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Sustainability of Impact: Disadoption, Diffusion and Social Learning Following a Biofortification Program to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Sustainability of Impact: Disadoption, Diffusion and Social Learning Following a Biofortification Program to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DXS0KF
 
Creator Daniel Gilligan
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This study examines the sustainability of the impact of a biofortification program that introduced provitamin-A-rich orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OSP) to farming households in Uganda. The crop was introduced in a randomized controlled experiment to test the impact and cost-effectiveness of introducing OSP on crop adoption and dietary intakes of vitamin A. A previous impact evaluation of the two-year project using baseline and endline data found large impacts on both OSP adoption and vitamin A consumption in project households. This study examines the sustainability of the intervention by studying the profile of OSP adoption during the project and over four seasons after the project’s end.
 
Subject Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
sustainability, technology, adoption, biofortification, reaching end users, REU, orange sweet potato, OSP
 
Language English
 
Contributor International Initiative for Impact Evaluation