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

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  • Ettien Antoine Adjéi

    (UFR Sciences Sociales, Département de Sociologie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo BP 1328, Côte d’Ivoire
    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)

  • Kassoum Traoré

    (UFR Sciences Sociales, Département de Sociologie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo BP 1328, Côte d’Ivoire
    Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (CIRES), Abidjan 08 08 BP 1295, 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)

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.

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  • 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 & Justin, 2025. "Enhancing Farmers’ Capacity for Sustainable Management of Cassava Mosaic Disease in Côte d’Ivoire," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-22, June.
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