Crop Trait Preferences for Amaranth, Okra, and Jute Mallow in Benin and Mali

A 5.5 KB dataset from a 2026 study by Sidol Houngbo on figshare. It contains results from a gamified choice experiment assessing varietal preferences of farmers, traders, and consumers for three traditional African vegetables in Benin and Mali. The data follows the Bradley–Terry model and recursive partitioning to identify preference patterns.

Use Cases

• Segmenting consumer and trader preferences based on market and organoleptic traits like leaf integrity and taste.
• Analyzing farmer priorities for agronomic traits such as harvesting duration, disease resistance, and fruit yield.
• Comparing geographic differences in trait importance, such as drought tolerance emphasis between Mali and Benin.
• Modeling varietal preference patterns using the Bradley–Terry model and recursive partitioning methods.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a structured gamified choice experiment following the Bradley–Terry model.
• Covers three distinct crops (amaranth, okra, jute mallow) and three value chain actor types (farmers, traders, consumers).
• Includes geographic segmentation between Benin and Mali.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Sidol Houngbo.

Collection Method

Gamified choice experiment following the Bradley–Terry model and recursive partitioning.

Time Range

Study year implied as 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:37:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Benin and Mali.