Effectiveness of bylaws in supporting sustainable crop intensification: A case of potato farming in Southwestern Uganda

Abstract

The study assessed the effectiveness of formal and informal bylaws in supporting sustainable crop intensification in potato farming regions of Southwestern Uganda. An exploratory case-study descriptive design was adopted, involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study relied on data from the review of the existing formal and informal bylaws on sustainable crop intensification, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. A total of 41 bylaws were assessed, involving key informants (22) and FDGs (6) respondents who participated in the study. The effectiveness of formal bylaws was high, because of the significant scores (7-8) on individual principles of effective institutions, with the highest principles being principle 2 (18%) and 7 (18%), and lowest being principle 8 (3%). The informal bylaws covered significantly only 2 principles of effective institutions from the total score 3 (100%). That is, principle 7 (37%) and 2 (33%), respectively. The coverage for 6 out of 8 principles was significantly very low. The study found greater levels of effectiveness significant for 7 out of 8 principles of effective institutions on formal bylaws more than informal bylaws (significant for principle 7 and 2 only), and most effective of the principles being principles 2 and 7 on both categories of bylaws. The study demonstrated the importance of both formal and informal bylaws in supporting SCI as both synergised each other in supporting intensification processes. The study recommends adapting existing bylaws to the eight designated principles of institutional effectiveness.

Stakeholders resource mobilization and sustainability of government funded agricultural projects in Uganda: A case study of potato projects in Kabale District

“…The researcher failed to identify who should be in charge of project design, implementation, and resource allocation in order to support the project's sustainability as well as monitoring and assessment. According to Makuma-Massa et al (2022), a corporation may continue its projects or programs if the project's beneficiaries have been actively involved throughout the entire project's life cycle. As a result, the project's stakeholders gain stability and aren't in danger of being kicked out.…”

“…The organization must take into account the perspectives of the stakeholders to more fully understand the context of the desired activities. Makuma-Massa et al (2022) asserts that dialogues also boost organizational support for the developed approach and ownership. The following are the goals of a quick workshop with a select number of participants from the program, field offices, finance, management, board, and maybe resource partners: Inform the parties involved on the goal of the resource mobilization plan; Share the results of the organizational analysis and the ideas for resource mobilization techniques that have been developed thus far; collect more information on options for resource mobilization and thoughts on those options; Improve the resource mobilization strategy to increase the sustainability of donor-funded potato programs by having an understanding of the audiences, messages, activities, and communication channels.…”