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Conceptual framework
Personal factors
-Age
Socio-economic factors -Education
• Family size -Marital status
• Land holding
• Annual income
• Social participation
Psychological factors
-Decision making Knowledge EFY value added-
-Innovation proneness
-Aspiration enterprise
-Producer
-Processor
-Retailer
Communication factors -Trader
-Extension participation -consumer
-Extension contact
-Mass media exposure
Institutional factors
-access to market
-DoA, NGOs
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Objectives of the Study
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Activities in Hakha
Activities Dates duration Villages, institutions
From to day
From YAU to Hakha 22/10/2018 1
Discussion with MIID 23/10/2018 1 MIID
Pilot survey 24/10/2018 1 Lonklong
25/10/2018 1 Chuncung, Hnairlwan
Main survey 26/10/2018 27/10/2018 2 Chinkhua
28/10/2018 29/11/2018 2 DoA, LBVD, DALMS
29/10/2018 30/10/2018 2 Chuncung
31/10/2018 1/11/2018 2 Nwarlwan
2/11/2018 1 Corad
3/11/2018 6/11/2018 4 Sukhua, Sakta A, Khuapi
8/11/2018 11/11/2018 4 Lamthod, Bonthung, Tinam
12/11/2018 13/11/2018 2 Lonklong
From Hakha to YAU 14/11/2018 15/11/2018 2
Total 25 4
Research Methods, Samplings & general
Findings
PG (respondents) Brokers
No Village name Total respondents
Male Female (respondents)
1 Cinkhua Village 8 9 17
2 Khuapi 21 10 31
3 Sakta A 6 9 15
4 Tinam 7 23 30 1
5 Bonthung 7 4 11
6 Lamthod 16 11 27 1
7 Sukhua 2 1 3 1
67 67
Total respondents 134 134 3
(respondents)
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Collected data
Socio-economic data-
(farmers’ ages, education levels, and farming
experience)
Knowledge test-
(producers, processors, consumers, traders,
extension agents) 6
The fresh knowledge score of each individual respondent
was converted into knowledge index by using the formula:
Expections
“he has strong will to extend the area of EFY in coming year and this
crop really boost his household income without much efforts”
Challenges
“Seeds becoming rare, price of seeds becoming high”
“Less technology in growing and nourishing”
“Difficulty in hiring Labor, and in drying of EFY.”
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Photo credit; U Lwan lynn
U Shan Mone + Daw Nwae Nwae Aye (Brokers,
Sukhua village)
“We collected fresh EFY @ 1200 ks/viss and also gathered dried
EFY @ 7500-8000 ks/viss last year” and then “sold to Hakha
wholesaler, U Tanaot”
And also they said, “our experiences have already 3-4 years and in
this year, we are going to collect EFY (fresh), between 200-300
viss and we ourselves sundried EFY, we will sell 2500-3000 viss of
dry EFY to Mandalay trader directly”
Challenges
“Less technology in drying of Elephant Foot Yam”.
“Tending to be Mildewed and Color turning black”.
“Difficulty in buying dryer.”
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Local Innovation!
Wood-burning stove for drying fresh EFY.
(Daw Hel lynn, Tinam village broker)
Her experience is 2 years and she usually collects 500-600 viss
(dry) /yr and then export to Madalay, “Ar lane” trader @ 8000-8500
ks/viss. She also said, “ some traders prefer EFY dried with burning
stove than those of sundried. Moreover, yellow EFY and white EFY
got better price than red EFY. So, she herself made wood-burning
stove for drying EFY.
• Descriptive analysis
• Enterprise budgets
• Knowledge test
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Expected outcomes
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Experienced with various barriers
Way to Cinkhua 14
Way to Khuapi Sukhua, Sakta A
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Way to Bongthua
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