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Gender mainstreaming and community participation in plant resource conservation in Buzaya county, Kamuli district, Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing, 2007)
The distribution of property rights to land and natural resources underlies the differential control of men and women over productive resources. This article investigates the role played by women in conservation of plant ...
Farmers' adoption of rotational woodlot technology in Kigorobya Sub-County of Hoima District, Western Uganda
(Ethnobotany Research & Applications, 2008)
This paper evaluates, using logistic and multiple regression analyses, the socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ decisions to adopt rotational woodlot technology in the farming systems of Uganda, based on a household ...
Gender, Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation Choices in Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
The narrative linking climate change vulnerability and adaptation behaviour to gender has gained traction within climate change literature in recent years. The narrative is based on the proven vulnerability –poverty nexus ...
Analysis of Gender differences in Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Information Sources to cope with Drought in Masindi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
While socio-economic and institutional determinants of use of information sources have been
widely studied in various contexts, the gender dimension of information use, and in relation to
coping with the adverse effects ...
Influence of technology on gender division of labour in households: The case study of wet coffee post-harvest handling in Kasese District
(Makerere University, 2010-09)
This study was aimed at finding out how the Wet Coffee Post harvest handling Technology (WCPT) has changed the way labor is divided in farming households of Kasese District as well as advantages and disadvantages of the ...
Access and coverage: Which farmers do plant clinics reach in Uganda?
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
This article reports on a study that assessed farmers’ access to, and coverage of, five plant clinics operating from market places in two districts of Uganda.
Despite the noticeable geographic and thematic coverage of the ...
Gender and climate change adaptation among bean growing households in Northern and Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-06)
Beans are an important legume in Uganda although less adapted to extreme environmental conditions. Adapting the bean crop to the changing climate is one of the best ways to improve bean productivity and smallholder farmers’ ...
Effect of gender and extension on cassava profitability among smallholder farmers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-05)
The study assessed the effect of gender and extension on cassava profitability among
farmers in Uganda. Understanding profitability by policymakers builds a trajectory toward policy
discourse and evaluation. The Uganda ...