19 results on '"Kidoido, Michael"'
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2. Big opportunities for tiny bugs: rush to boost laying hen performance using black soldier fly larvae meal.
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Wamai, Linus K., Munga, Leonard M., Osuga, Isaac M., Munguti, Jonathan M., Subramanian, Sevgan, Kidoido, Michael K., Ghemoh, Janice C., Mwendia, Charles M., and Tanga, Chrysantus M.
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HENS ,HERMETIA illucens ,SOYBEAN meal ,AGRICULTURAL egg production ,CHICKENS ,SUNFLOWER meal ,SUNFLOWER seeds - Abstract
Rising feed cost challenges due to expensive conventional protein sources continue to make headlines in Africa causing drops in profit margins. We assessed the impact of insect (Hermetia illucens Linnaeus larvae meal, HILM) protein as a substitute for soybean meal and sunflower seed cake on layer chicken performance and profitability. Our results showed that apart from the growers, chicks (12.37 g/bird) and layer hens (2.02 g/bird) fed diets with 75% HILM inclusion levels had significantly higher average daily weight gain. The average daily feed intake (ADFI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) varied significantly when the chicks and layer hens were provided with the HILM-based diets. For the chicks and layer hens, the lowest ADFI and FCR were observed in birds subjected to diets with 75% and 100% HILM compared to the growers fed diets with 50% HILM. Significantly higher egg production was observed for layer hens fed diets containing 75% of HILM throughout the first (87.41%) and second (83.05%) phase production cycles. Layer hens fed HILM-based diets had a 3–10% increase in egg laying percentage. There was higher profit margins when birds were fed diets containing 75% of HILM (∼1.83 and 5.98 US$ per bird), which mirrored the return on investment estimated at 63.95% and 33.36% for the pullets (growers) and laying hen, respectively. Our findings demonstrate that diets with 75% HILM provided optimum growth performance, reduced feeding costs, increased weight gain and egg production as well as improved economic returns for commercial on-farm poultry production systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Farmers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding the Use of Agroecological-Based Pest Management Practices in Crucifers and Traditional African Vegetable (TAV) Production in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Kirui, Essy C., Kidoido, Michael M., Mutyambai, Daniel M., Okello, Dickson O., and Akutse, Komivi S.
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Crucifers and traditional African vegetables (TAVs) are important to smallholders in Kenya and Tanzania, but yield remains below potential due to pests and diseases. Agroecological production methods present a nature-based solution to pest and disease management in crucifer and TAV production. We explore the status of farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding agroecological-based production pest management practices. Structured and pretested questionnaires were used to collect data from 1071 vegetable farming households in Kenya and Tanzania. Using descriptive statistics, parametric, and non-parametric analysis, our study revealed that less than 20% of farmers had received training on agroecological-based practices and less than 25% were aware of most of these practices. Among those who were aware of the practices and could confirm their effectiveness less than 12% had adopted them, except for crop rotation and handpicking of pests. This study attributes the low adoption to farmers' negative attitudes towards the practices. Nonetheless, the study further revealed that training significantly and positively influences the adoption of the practices. Therefore, we recommend that governments and other stakeholders promote targeted awareness campaigns and increase access to training on vegetable production using sustainable pest and disease management practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya
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Okello, Afrika Onguko, primary, Otieno, David Jakinda, additional, Nzuma, Jonathan Makau, additional, Kidoido, Michael Mukembo, additional, and Tanga, Chrysantus Mbi, additional
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- 2023
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5. Do low-income households in Tanzania derive income and nutrition benefits from dairy innovation and dairy production?
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Kidoido, Michael and Korir, Luke
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- 2015
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6. Consumers’ perception towards eggs from laying hens fed commercial black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal-based feeds
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Khaemba, Colleta Nabwile, primary, Kidoido, Michael Mukembo, additional, Owuor, George, additional, and Tanga, Chrysantus Mbi, additional
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- 2022
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7. Farmer perceptions and willingness to pay for novel livestock pest control technologies: A case of tsetse repellent collar in Kwale County in Kenya
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Muriithi, Beatrice W., primary, Gathogo, Nancy G., additional, Diiro, Gracious M., additional, Kidoido, Michael M., additional, Okal, Michael Nyangánga, additional, and Masiga, Daniel K., additional
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- 2021
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8. Farmers’ Perceptions of Commercial Insect-Based Feed for Sustainable Livestock Production in Kenya
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Okello, Afrika Onguko, primary, Nzuma, Jonathan Makau, additional, Otieno, David Jakinda, additional, Kidoido, Michael, additional, and Tanga, Chrysantus Mbi, additional
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- 2021
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9. Farmers’ Perceptions of Commercial Insect-Based Feed for Sustainable Livestock Production
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Okello, Afrika, Nzuma, Jonathan, Otieno, David Jakinda, Kidoido, Michael, and Tanga, Chrysantus
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ComputingMilieux_MANAGEMENTOFCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONSYSTEMS ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,Livestock Production/Industries ,InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Session ID 4751, Paper# 19126
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- 2021
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10. Are Individuals Willing to Pay for Community-Based Eco-Friendly Malaria Vector Control Strategies? A Case of Mosquito Larviciding Using Plant-Based Biopesticides in Kenya
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Diiro, Gracious M., primary, Kassie, Menale, additional, Muriithi, Beatrice W., additional, Gathogo, Nancy G., additional, Kidoido, Michael, additional, Marubu, Rose, additional, Bwire Ochola, John, additional, and Mutero, Clifford Maina, additional
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- 2020
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11. Using “theory of change” to improve agricultural research: recent experience from Tanzania
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Omore, Amos, primary, Kidoido, Michael, additional, Twine, Edgar, additional, Kurwijila, Lusato, additional, O’Flynn, Maureen, additional, and Githinji, Julius, additional
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- 2019
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12. Land tenure and economic activities in Uganda: A literature review
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Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbæk, Spichiger, Rachel, Alobo, Sarah, Kidoido, Michael, Bashaasha, Bernard, and Munk Ravnborg, Helle
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Geschlechterdiskriminierung ,Bodenreform ,Agrarproduktion ,ddc:300 ,Bodenrecht ,Uganda ,Bibliometrie - Abstract
Land is an important asset for people's livelihoods and for economic development in Uganda, where the majority of people live in rural areas. This working paper reviews the literature on Uganda's tenure systems and their relationship with economic activities, focusing primarily on rural agricultural land. The review illustrates that these relationships are complex and context-dependent. Uganda's land reform was introduced with the 1998 Land Act which aims at enhancing tenure security by recognising existing rights to land. It also aims at bringing land onto the market. However, the reform's implementation has been slow and partial so far. The division of labour between land administration institutions is unclear and often institutions, for instance dispute settlement institutions, are inaccessible at the local level. Furthermore, the evidence of any links between the formalisation of land rights, investment and productivity under different tenure systems is inconclusive. Land markets exist irrespective of the tenure systems. Access to credit is quite limited, and not primarily linked to titled land as some scholars suggest. Regional differences, the urban/rural divide and social and gender characteristics are equally important. This review shows, however, that tenure insecurity, in particular in the postconflict context of northern Uganda, discourages investment and leads to lower productivity. A likely path to strengthening agricultural production would be the reinforcement of dispute settlement institutions. Furthermore, despite a gender-sensitive legal framework, women have been discriminated against in both the customary and statutory settings. Improving women's access to land would also seem important. Overall, more systematic research on these issues is required.
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- 2012
13. Local stakeholders' use of forest reserves in Kasyoha-Kitomi forest landscape, Uganda and Nguru South forest landscape, Tanzania
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Raben, Kim, Nyingi, Johnson, Akello, David Loserian Zerupa, and Kidoido, Michael
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Wald ,Biodiversität ,Naturschutz ,ddc:330 ,Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse ,Tansania ,Uganda ,Partizipation - Abstract
Tropical forests are characterised by stakeholders with multiple and often conflicting interests. This paper identifies and analyses local stakeholders in the Participatory Envitonmental Management (PEMA) programme in the Kasyoha-Kitomi forest landscape in Uganda and the South Nguru forest landscape in Tanzania. The overall objective of the PEMA programme is to pilot and promote an approach to the management of natural resources in two high-biodiversity Forest Reserves and surrounding landscapes that reconciles the conservation and development interests of multiple stakeholders at local, national and international levels. The Danish Institute for International Studies had as one of its task to carry out an analysis of local stakeholders i.e. the rural people in the forest landscapes, who directly or indirectly benefit from services provided by the forests. The image of stakeholders and interests in forest management is complex and stakeholder analysis prmides a means to start understanding it. Based on the stakeholder identification methodology (Ravnborg and Westerrnann 2002) the paper investigates stakeholders and the interdependencies among them with regard to the management of natural resources. Point of departure is taken in individuals' interests, and previous and current uses of semces prmided by the Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve and Nguru South Forest Reserve are documented. These senoices are for instance the provision of agricultural land, wood products, NTFP, hunting, fishing, grazing and the less tangible senices such as climate regulation, water quantity and quality. Where possible, interests are distinguished according to social groups. It is concluded that local inhabitants' stakes in the forest reserves are determined by their access to technology, capital, markets, skills, as well as their locality, gender, age, ethnicity and (lack of) alternative livelihood strategies. In addition, the context of inter-related demographic and socio-economic processes that influence parterns of resource use and determine (and change) local inhabitants' interests in and use of the forests are described and conflicting interests and interdependencies identified. The stakeholder analysis provides a start to understanding the complex picture of interests attached to the forests and the potential for involving local stakeholders in the PEMA programme. The paper concludes, among other things, that activities such as cultivation within the forest reserves, labouring in logging activities, collection of material for thatch and sambu oil seeds are mainly the interests of the poor local inhabitants. Findings from both forest landscapes show that NTFP such as weaving and thatch material constitute important sources of income for the local inhabitants including the poor and should thus be considered when negotiating use rights to resources in the forest reserve. In general, it is recommended that profound attention is given in the PEMA programme to improving the local stakeholders' access rights to the forest reserves and not just meet the interests of more powerful non-local stakeholders
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- 2007
14. Determinants of Wellbeing Among Smallholders in Adjumani District, Uganda
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Bashaasha, Bernard, Kidoido, Michael, and Hansen, Esbern Friis
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Adjumani, poverty analysis, DASS, ordinal logit, Consumer/Household Economics - Abstract
An ordered logistic regression model was used to empirically establish the quantitative effects of community identified (local) determinants of wellbeing on the level of household wellbeing. The model was fitted to data for a sample of 200 households collected in the last quarter of 2002. The dependent variable, poverty category, has three levels namely poorest =1, Less poor =2, and Better off =3. Fourteen independent variables are used. Results show that households that own less than 5 acreage of land, that are male headed, have a nonagricultural source of income and are actively involved in agricultural development activities have a higher probability (odds) of enjoying wellbeing above any given level. Land ownership seems to be the most important determinant of wellbeing in Adjumani district. Furthermore, owning livestock and having a household head with an education level of secondary school and above are also important determinants of household wellbeing in Adjumani district. We find household wellbeing to be negatively affected by household size, age of the household head and whether any family member has had any long illness although only the age of the household is significant. We recommend deepening of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and initiation of Universal Secondary Education to increase the education levels of the rural people. We also recommend continued and expansion of community level agricultural development activities, strengthening of the land tenure provisions to enhance access to land and initiation of programs to enhance animal ownership among small holder farmers in Adjumani.
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- 2006
15. Gendered district poverty profiles and poverty monitoring Kabarole, Masaka, Pallisa, Rakai and Tororo districts, Uganda
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Munk Ravnborg, Helle, Boesen, Jannik, Sørensen, Anne, Akello, Zarupa, Bashaasha, Bernard, Kasozi, Sarah, Kidoido, Michael, and Wabukawo, Veronica
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Armut ,ddc:330 ,Uganda ,Regionale Disparität - Abstract
The overall objective of the Danida supported Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS) in Uganda is to improve the conditions for the poorest part of the population and contribute to reduce gender-based inequalities in Uganda in general and in the pilot focus districts in particular. Late in 2000, Danida asked Department of Agricultural Economics, Makerere University, Kampala, and Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, to form an external task group with the purpose of monitoring the gender and poverty impact of the ASPS. The present Working Paper presents a slightly revised version of one of the reports that have been the response to this task.1 The Paper presents gendered district poverty profiles for the five ASPS pilot districts, i.e. Kabarole, Masaka, Pallisa, Rakai and Tororo districts, as well as the methodology for developing these profiles. It depicts and compares the situation of the ‘betteroff’, the ‘less poor’ and the ‘poorest’ households in the five districts according to a number of dimensions, which local people themselves have identified as important when describing poverty and well-being in their communities. In addition, the report analyses the aspect of equality and inequality in gender relations within the household. Based on women’s own perceptions of female well-being, three levels of equality in gender relations are distinguished and related to household poverty. These profiles are the district baselines against which the gender and poverty impact of the ASPS can be monitored in the future. Finally, the report makes a very preliminary attempt at analysing the outcomes, including both the households reached and the resulting behavioural changes achieved through the various interventions supported by the ASPS components. This is related both to poverty levels, gender relations and differences between districts. The Paper concludes by outlining how the analysis should be undertaken when the exercise of developing gendered district poverty profiles is repeated three to four years later as part of ASPS impact monitoring.
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- 2004
16. Analysis of relative profitability of key Ugandan agricultural enterprises by agricultural production zone
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Kraybill, David; Kidoido, Michael and Kraybill, David; Kidoido, Michael
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- Plan for the Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA)
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Non-PR, IFPRI1; GRP32; USSP, DSGD, Uganda's economy remains heavily reliant on the agricultural sector. The agricultural sector contributes about 90 percent of total export earnings, generates about 23.7 percent of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and directly or indirectly provides a livelihood to almost 90 percent of the population. However, most of the agricultural production is by small-scale subsistence farmers who engage in non-market production and work under a myriad of production and post-production constraints. The Plan for the Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA) was therefore designed as a strategic framework for eradicating poverty through the implementation of multi-sectoral interventions to tackle the constraints that ordinary farmers face. Specifically, PMA is aimed at increasing income, quality of life, household food security, providing gainful employment, and providing sustainable use and management of resources. In support of PMA priority interventions, the Government of Uganda (GoU) is implementing the Prosperity for All development framework that embraces rural enterprise and promotes industry by building on the Plan for Zonal Agricultural Production, Agro-processing and Marketing. By applying zoning and enterprise selection criteria, PMA hopes to provide information and guidance to local governments and individual farmers on agricultural investments. The Kampala office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), as a principal partner under its Uganda Strategy Support Programme, is assisting the PMA Secretariat in building capacity to select enterprises based on their relative profitability at the agricultural production zone level. The current analysis is in line with this broad objective and is aimed at 1) providing information on the relative profitability of PMA priority enterprises at the agricultural production zone level, and 2) assessing the use of the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) for developing partial budgets for PMA priority enterprises.
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- 2009
17. Assessing the Impact of Farmer Field School Participation on IPM Adoption in Uganda
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Erbaugh, J. Mark, primary, Donnermeyer, Joseph, additional, Amujal, Magdalene, additional, and Kidoido, Michael, additional
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- 2010
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18. Consumers’ perception towards eggs from laying hens fed commercial black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal-based feeds
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Khaemba, Colleta Nabwile, Kidoido, Michael Mukembo, Owuor, George, and Tanga, Chrysantus Mbi
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Increased demand for animal protein has motivated the search for more efficient livestock production systems. In recent years, there has been growing interest to incorporate insect meal as an alternative source of protein to fish/soybean meal in chicken feed for improved nutrition, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits. Black soldier fly larval (BSFL)-based feeds has been shown to increase egg production in a cost-effective manner. However, poultry consumers perception towards the consumption of eggs from layers fed diet integrated with BSFL-based meal have received limited research attention. This study evaluates consumers’ perception towards eggs from hens fed BSFL-based diets and socioeconomic factors influencing the conceived perceptions. The study adopted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and binary logit regression models to establish perceptions of 200 consumers in Kiambu County, Kenya. Our results revealed that 65% of the consumers were aware of the benefits of integrating insect protein in poultry feed. Over 70% of respondents showed preference and willingness to consume egg products from hens fed diets with BSFL-based feeds. The EFA identified perceived benefits, ethics and traceability as the key aspects that influence consumer intention to consume eggs. Binary logit model revealed that consumer characteristics such as household size, gender, awareness of insects as feed, off-farm income, household income, nature of buying place, and access to credit were important factors driving consumers perceptions. Our findings provide insight into the market perception and potential of eggs from laying hens fed BSFL-based feeds. Our findings demonstrated that increased awareness creation and evidence-based demonstration on the benefits of BSFL-based feed in poultry production would improve consumer perception and foster uptake of this rapidly growing and emerging technology. This work contributes to the limited knowledge on BSFL-based feeds and paves way for further linkages between farmers, public private partners, policy makers, and consumers.
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- 2021
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19. Three Essays on Agricultural Production and Household Income Risk Management in Uganda
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Kidoido, Michael M.
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- Agricultural Economics, Production Risk, Agricultural technology adoption, Off-farm labor, Consumption smoothing, Uganda
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Poor soil fertility and unreliable rainfall are associated with crop failures in Uganda. However, adoption of technologies in Uganda is among the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first essay examines the impact of production risk on farmers’ simultaneous use of high yielding maize varieties (HYM) and fertilizers. The study is implemented in two steps: the first step uses the flexible moments based approach to generate lagged output moments as proxy measures of production risk, the second step incorporates the lagged output moments in a technology adoption model. Simultaneous technology adoption decisions are estimated using a multinomial probit estimator. Results show that the expected output, the variance, and the probability of crop failure (skewness) are important factors affecting the adoption of the technology package. Other important factors include scale of production, access to extension services, access to credit, household assets, and access to output markets.Rural incomes are highly vulnerable to income shocks. Previously, the effects of income shocks on household welfare in Africa have mostly been examined at the household level, yet impacts vary at the individual level. The second essay examines the impact of household income shocks on intrahousehold off-farm labor supply in rural Uganda. Bivariate Tobit estimators are adopted to correct for the interrelatedness of the couples’ decisions to participate in the off-farm labor markets. Results show that women’s intrahousehold bargaining power increases their participation in the off-farm non-agricultural labor sector. Results further show that women participate more in the off-farm sector when faced with some idiosyncratic income shocks, and participate less in the off-farm sector when faced with covariate income shocks. However, women’s intrahousehold bargaining power has no impact on reducing the effects of covariate income shocks. Remoteness and the level of economic development of an area are also important determinants of the extent of women’s participation in the off-farm labor markets. A majority of Uganda’s rural population relies on subsistence agriculture as a source of livelihood. However, agricultural income is highly volatile and unreliable. Consequently, households are vulnerable to income shocks and cannot smooth consumption. Provision of services to farmers through local farmers’ organizations is increasingly common in developing countries yet the effectiveness of these organizations in facilitating risk-sharing among members is not well known. The third essay examines the role of rural farmers’ organizations in facilitating risk-sharing and household consumption smoothing in rural Uganda. Results show that households that own significant stocks of social capital are able to smooth food consumption but not non food and total consumption. Furthermore, social capital alone does not guarantee smoothing of all consumption categories however, social networks defined by the specific farmers’ organizations’ functions significantly impact household consumption smoothing. Extension, education, and marketing organizations are found to be more efficient. Furthermore, there is no evidence of households with better social capital using inefficient coping mechanisms.
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- 2011
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