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Implications of farming approaches for farmers’ wellbeing: a comparative study of group and individual farming practices in Nakaseke District, Uganda
(2009-09)
The emphasis on Farmer Groups (FGs) is to develop a demand driven and farmer led Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) delivery mechanism that is responsive to the challenges of ‘poor’ farmers who cannot absorb the costs ...
Perceived malaria and labour availability for households whose livelihoods accrue from agriculture: The case of Nakaseke District, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2012-12)
There are several ways through which malaria impacts on Agricultural productivity. These include but are not limited to: reduced availability of labour, reduction in household incomes, as well as causing food insecurity. ...
The agrarian question and the role of women as chief agricultural producers in Africa: the case of Uganda
(1984-02-10)
Women's participation in agricultural production cannot be viewed outside the socio-economic, socio-cultural and political contexts of the societies in which they find themselves. Similarly, agricultural productivity must ...
Gender and poverty: the agriculture sector programme support in Uganda.
(1999)
At the time of writings, Uganda was the only country in Africa with an established Ministry of Gender. The country has an operational National Gender Policy to facilitate the process of mainstreaming gender concerns in the ...
An analysis of the demand for sugar in East Africa
(1964-11-05)
This EDRP paper is the basis for one of the chapters in a monograph dealing with some problems in the development of the sugar industry in East Africa. The purpose of this paper is to attempt to measure the effects of ...
International non-governmental organization and the development of agriculture sector in Ntungamo District, a case of Africare.
(Makerere University, 2010)
For a long period of time INGOs have been in Uganda. As time evolves, INGOs started to be established at the grass root for easy implementation of their programmes. For example 1997 Africare has been supplementing government’s ...
Agricultural change: compulsion in the implementation agricultural policies: a case study from Iringa
(1985)
In order to clarify the content of the tragic case discussed in this paper, background Sections on selected characteristics of the district are given. The paper discusses the evolution of farming systems in Ismani Division- ...
Aspects of food shortages in Tanganyika (1925-45)
(1966-12)
The problem of food hunger and shortage has attracted the attention of scholars from a number of different disciplines. Members of the medical profession are interested in the problem largely because of its direct physiological ...
Food security and nutrition: the experience of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980
(1993-09)
Zimbabwe was one of the few African countries that received
international acclaim or recognition for its "success" story in
agricultural development in the 1980s. This recognition was
generally but mistakenly equated ...