Quality and dissemination of information on restoration of Awoja watershed in eastern Uganda

Effective restoration of watersheds relies on several factors including quality of information shared and its sharing mechanisms. This study assessed the nature and quality of information and its dissemination mechanisms used in restoration of Awoja Watershed. Data were collected through review of secondary documents, Key informant interviews and household surveys. The findings indicated that the community preferred information was livestock; climate change and fruit growing. The most preferred channel was training. There is a significant relationship between relevancy (P ≤ 0.000), adequacy (P ≤ 0.002), timely delivery (P ≤ 0.0003, packaging of information (P ≤ 0:0 11); and restoration for the two restoration sites. The study found no significant difference between consistence of information and restoration in both sites. Quality of information attributes of relevance, adequacy, timeliness and packaging should be emphasized in subsequent projects for better restoration results. Training as a channel could be popularized to disseminate information on restoration because it was the most preferred.