TY - JOUR AU - Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi AU - Sseguya, Haroon AU - Kyazze, Florence Birungi AU - Diiro, Gracious Milton AU - Nakazi, Florence PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/29 TI - The role of variety attributes in the uptake of new hybrid bananas among smallholder rural farmers in central Uganda JO - Agriculture & Food Security SP - 1 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - While advances in agricultural research and development have led to generation of improved new cooking hybrid banana varieties (HBVs) with enhanced yield potential to restore production levels, these have been received with mixed feelings on production and consumption attributes among the farming communities in Uganda. Some farmers prefer HBVs that are comparable to their local varieties in terms of consumption attributes such as soft food, color when cooked, flavor and taste while others prefer high-yielding HBVs to produce surplus output for sale. SN - 2048-7010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-020-00257-7 DO - 10.1186/s40066-020-00257-7 ID - Sanya2020 ER -