Perceptions on Sack Gardening in Rural Areas: The Case of Vegetable Stakeholders in Koutiala and Bougouni, Mali

Benoit Govoeyi (), Jean-Baptiste De La Salle Tignégré, Felix Badolo, Paul Alhassan Zaato, Karamoko Sanogo and Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu
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Benoit Govoeyi: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Samanko Research Station, Bamako BP 320, Mali
Jean-Baptiste De La Salle Tignégré: World Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa, Samanko Research Station, Bamako BP 320, Mali
Felix Badolo: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Samanko Research Station, Bamako BP 320, Mali
Paul Alhassan Zaato: World Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa, Tamale P.O. Box TL 09, Ghana
Karamoko Sanogo: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Samanko Research Station, Bamako BP 320, Mali
Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Samanko Research Station, Bamako BP 320, Mali

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: Understanding the perception of sack gardening technology is important in order to better support the adoption of sack gardening in households, given the nutritional role vegetables play. This notwithstanding, research has not yet been carried out to understand the stakeholders’ perception of sack gardening technology in the zones of Bougouni and Koutiala, where sack gardening technology was introduced under the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa-RISING) project. This study assessed the perception of farm households on sack gardening technology and specifically to understand to what extent this innovation responds to household needs. Q-methodology was used to identify rural household’s viewpoints and principal component analysis (PCA) was performed to compare stakeholders’ opinion typologies to discourses retained by Q-method results. Focus group discussions were used to identify the statements used for the q-set in the individual surveys. Our findings showed three factors or discourses which reflected the stakeholders’ viewpoints. A nutritional role, the role of making vegetables available for household consumption and the role of environment protection, specifically soil protection, were indicated in the stakeholders’ opinions. The understanding of the different discourses retained provides insights that can be used to design public and private interventions to support the usage of the technology in households or the adoption of this technology.

Keywords: sack gardening; balanced diet; environment protection; stakeholders’ discourses; Mali (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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