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Farmers’ selection cues in cowpea for vegetable use in eastern Uganda

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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajfand/article/view/231166
https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.109.20155
 
Title Farmers’ selection cues in cowpea for vegetable use in eastern Uganda
 
Creator Kyebalyenda, T
Nakanwagi, M J
Sseremba, G
Buteme, R
Kabod, P N
Odeke, V
Amayo, R
Runyararo, J R
Egeru, A
Falk, T
Kizito, E B
 
Subject Cowpea
 
Description A participatory cowpea varietal selection was carried out in Eastern Uganda in Kumi district among farmers (n=30) in the sub-Counties of: Ongino, Kumi and Kanyum. A range of opinions were collected to identify farmers’ selection criteria based on different sensory attributes and their most preferred genotypes for vegetable use. A preference analysis was carried out to obtain quantitative preference scores of each plot. This was followed by organoleptic tests which included attributes like taste, aroma and texture of the genotypes at the vegetative and immature R4 stages. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were also held to find consensus of the independent evaluations made by individual farmers. Data for sixteen (16) cowpea genotypes were collected at the different above mentioned stages. Quantitative data were analyzed based on farmers’ scores made on the different evaluated attributes and ANOVA was used to provide mean differences between location, gender and genotype at a significant level of 5%. Preference score for each of the varieties tested was determined and presented. Data from FGDs were grouped, similarities and differences were later determined depending on their level of importance to the farmers. Significant differences (p
 
Publisher African Scholarly Science Communications Trust
 
Date 2022-09-03
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12666/1/Afr.%20J.%20Food%20Agric.%20Nutr.%20Dev._22_4_20197-20214_2022.pdf
Kyebalyenda, T and Nakanwagi, M J and Sseremba, G and Buteme, R and Kabod, P N and Odeke, V and Amayo, R and Runyararo, J R and Egeru, A and Falk, T and Kizito, E B (2022) Farmers’ selection cues in cowpea for vegetable use in eastern Uganda. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 22 (4). pp. 20197-20214. ISSN 1684-5374