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agricultural technologies are adopted by poor farmers. In Uganda, improved germplasm from the cassava breeding program has …
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This paper examines the effect of variety attributes on adoption of improved sorghum varieties in Kenya. Using data from 140 farmers, the paper uses a multivariate probit to identify variety-specific drivers of adoption. The results on the perception of farmers variety attributes show that...
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This paper used the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) dataset of 2005/06 to examine the productivity of improved … inputs used by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda. Yield and gross profit functions were estimated with the stochastic …
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) in Uganda. BFR is the largest forest reserve in Uganda with globally significant conservation values. The study …
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poverty outreach among their clients. This paper addresses these challenges. Using household survey data from Uganda, we … Uganda. This research can also be applied in other developing countries. …
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vegetables. The main out put of this initiative are processed dried fruits, fresh fruits, banana flour and fresh vegetables. T ….H.E taps the 22% of banana and fruit loss at farm gate due to failure to access markets timely, besides poor handling knowledge …
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Productivity gaps of 321 groundnut farmers from Uganda and Kenya were analyzed based on data from the 2009 growing … (NRF), and between male and female farmers were examined. In Uganda and Kenya, farmers who planted improved varieties … technical efficiency (MTE) of 54.6% in Uganda and 54.4% in Kenya. However, no significant differences were found between the MTE …
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Pig production has increasingly become an important activity, especially among smallholder farmers in Uganda in the … in Uganda generating income for meeting planned and emergency household financial needs. Despite its importance, the … systems into typologies in three districts in Uganda by utilizing village level data from 35 villages. The paper further …
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