sustainable agriculture and innovation adoption in a tropical small-scale food production system the case of yam minisetts in jamaica可持续农业和创新采用热带小型食品生产系统的情况下山药minisetts在牙买加.pdfVIP

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sustainable agriculture and innovation adoption in a tropical small-scale food production system the case of yam minisetts in jamaica可持续农业和创新采用热带小型食品生产系统的情况下山药minisetts在牙买加.pdf

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sustainable agriculture and innovation adoption in a tropical small-scale food production system the case of yam minisetts in jamaica可持续农业和创新采用热带小型食品生产系统的情况下山药minisetts在牙买加

Sustainability 2009, 1, 81-96; doi:10.3390/su1010081 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica Clinton L. Beckford Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada; E-Mail: Clinton@uwindsor.ca Received: 20 January 2009 / Accepted: 19 March 2009 / Published: 30 March 2009 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. Keywords: Minisett; innovation diffusion; innovation adoption; sustainable agriculture; yams; yam sticks; local knowledge. 1. Introduction Members of the genus Diascorea, food yams, have been grown in Jamaica for over 300 years. Today yam cultivation is an important component of the local