"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Household objectives and achievement levels among Uganda’s hot pepper, french beans and okra crops farmers
Abstract:
Ugandan farmers are increasingly adopting perceived High
Value Crops (HVCs) including Chillies (Capsicum annum),
French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), and Okra (Abelmoschus
esculentus). This is aimed at addressing priority household
objective of increasing incomes. This paper aimed at
determining the priority problems that farmers’ strive to achieve
when they adopt these HVCs and the extent to which the
objectives are achieved. Empirical results show that among
the priority objectives, payment of school fees, investing in trade,
good cash flow, procurement of more land, medical care,
purchase of livestock and a car or motorcycle, only the fees
objective were being achieved using HVCs income.
Les agriculteurs ougandais adoptent de plus en plus de cultures
reconnues de grande valeur (HVCs) comprenant les piments
(Capsicum annum), les haricots verts (Phaseolus vulgaris),
et l’okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). Ceci poursuit l’objectif
d’adresser les priorités des ménages dans l’augmentation des
revenus. Le présent article vise à déterminer les problèmes
prioritaires que les agriculteurs s’efforcer de résoudre quand
ils adoptent ces HVCs et l’ampleur à laquelle les objectifs sont
atteints. Les résultats empiriques montrent que, parmi les objectifs
prioritaires ( le paiement des frais scolaires, investir dans le
commerce, bonne trésorerie, acquisition de beaucoup de terres,
les soins médicaux, l’achat du bétail et d’une voiture ou une
moto), seul l’objectif des frais scolaires a été atteint en utilisant
le revenu des HVCs.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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Extent:
1617-1621
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