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Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica

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  • Clinton L. Beckford

    (Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada)

Abstract

Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation system called minisett was introduced in 1985 but the adoption rate twenty four years later is extremely low. This paper analyzes the prospects for the widespread adoption of minisett and sustainable yam cultivation and advocates that greater use be made of farmers’ extensive knowledge of the complex agro-ecological, socio-cultural and economic milieu in which they operate.

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  • Clinton L. Beckford, 2009. "Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:1:y:2009:i:1:p:81-96:d:4386
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    1. Anna Maria Mercuri & Assunta Florenzano, 2019. "The Long-Term Perspective of Human Impact on Landscape for Environmental Change (LoTEC) and Sustainability: From Botany to the Interdisciplinary Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-7, January.
    2. Raile Eric D. & Young Linda M. & Kirinya Julian & Bonabana-Wabbi Jackline & Raile Amber N. W., 2021. "Building Public Will for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda: Prescriptions for Industry and Policy," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 39-50, May.
    3. Clinton Beckford, 2018. "Climate change resiliency in Caribbean SIDS: building greater synergies between science and local and traditional knowledge," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 8(1), pages 42-50, March.
    4. Clinton Beckford & Donovan Campbell & David Barker, 2011. "Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-21, March.

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