Enhancing Farmers’ Capacity for Sustainable Management of Cassava Mosaic Disease in Côte d’Ivoire

Ettien Antoine Adjéi (), Kassoum Traoré, Eveline M. F. W. Sawadogo-Compaore, Bekanvié S. M. Kouakou, John Steven S. Séka, Dèwanou Kant David Ahoya, Kan Modeste Kouassi, Nazaire K. Kouassi and Justin Simon Pita ()
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Ettien Antoine Adjéi: UFR Sciences Sociales, Département de Sociologie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo BP 1328, Côte d’Ivoire
Kassoum Traoré: UFR Sciences Sociales, Département de Sociologie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo BP 1328, Côte d’Ivoire
Eveline M. F. W. Sawadogo-Compaore: Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Ouagadougou 04 04 BP 8645, Burkina Faso
Bekanvié S. M. Kouakou: Regional Center of Excellence for Transboundary Plant Pathogens, Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Pôle Scientifique et D’innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan 22 BP 582, Côte d’Ivoire
John Steven S. Séka: Regional Center of Excellence for Transboundary Plant Pathogens, Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Pôle Scientifique et D’innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan 22 BP 582, Côte d’Ivoire
Dèwanou Kant David Ahoya: Laboratory for Analysis and Research on Economic and Social Dynamics (LARDES), University of Parakou (UP), Parakou P.O. Box 123, Benin
Kan Modeste Kouassi: Regional Center of Excellence for Transboundary Plant Pathogens, Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Pôle Scientifique et D’innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan 22 BP 582, Côte d’Ivoire
Nazaire K. Kouassi: Regional Center of Excellence for Transboundary Plant Pathogens, Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Pôle Scientifique et D’innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan 22 BP 582, Côte d’Ivoire
Justin Simon Pita: Regional Center of Excellence for Transboundary Plant Pathogens, Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Pôle Scientifique et D’innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan 22 BP 582, Côte d’Ivoire

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is a major constraint to cassava production in Côte d’Ivoire, causing significant yield and income losses for smallholder farmers. Despite its high prevalence, farmers’ knowledge and understanding of the disease remain limited. To address this issue, the Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) Regional Center of Excellence provided capacity building for farmers in the major cassava growing regions. This study assesses the impact of the WAVE’s trainings and awareness campaigns on farmers’ knowledge of the disease and the management methods they adopted. Mixed socio-agronomic data were collected from 290 farmers, and CMD epidemiological parameters were assessed in 82 farms. Data were analysed using propensity score matching (PSM), followed by a Tobit regression model to assess the determinants and intensity of adoption of CMD management practices, using Stata. The results showed that trained farmers had a better understanding of CMD compared to untrained farmers. On average, trained farmers adopted 2.36 disease management practices (DMPs) compared to 1.55 DMPs for untrained farmers. Participation in WAVE’s training sessions and a sound knowledge of CMD positively influenced both the adoption and intensity of adoption of DMPs. However, there was no significant difference in CMD incidence between beneficiary areas (54.55%) and non-beneficiary areas (54.95%), likely due to the unavailability of disease-free planting material, inadequate agricultural practices, and high populations of whiteflies ( Bemisia tabaci ). This study shows the importance of awareness campaigns in the sustainable management of crop diseases in general and CMD in particular and suggests the need to train farmers on disease management and provide them with healthy planting materials.

Keywords: awareness campaign; CMD knowledge; impact assessment; PSM; Tobit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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