Rural producer organisations and policy formulations in Uganda

Mugisha, Johnny; Kiiza, Barnabas; Lwasa, Stephen; Kantongole, Constantine

doi:10.7577/nibr/notat/2004/128

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“…Bee (2004) examined the options for rural producer financing in Tanzania but did not tackle the question of participation. Shiferaw et al (2006) focused on whether cooperatives were feasible and useful in one Kenyan village, and Mugisha et al (2004) looked at cooperative formation in Uganda, but neither dealt with the question of participation.…”

Section: Empirical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Cooperative patronage: The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi in Kasungu District

Matchaya

2010

Development Southern Africa

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This paper estimates the determinants of farmers' decisions to join a rural producer organisation, the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM), in Kasungu District. Data for the study were collected in June and August 2003 using household-level questionnaires and stratified random sampling, where strata were membership status and gender. Probit analysis of 250 farmers shows that off-farm sources of income, distance of the farmer's household from Kasungu District centre, age of the farmer, tobacco farming, education, household level land holding and gender determined the decision to join NASFAM. These results suggest that farmers should be informed of the potential benefits of participating in rural development efforts, and that rural communication and information infrastructure should be improved so as to reduce the costs of information access and transactions in general, if participation in organisations such as NASFAM is to be enhanced.probit analysis, farmers' cooperatives, NASFAM membership, Malawi,

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Cooperative patronage: The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi in Kasungu District

Matchaya

2010

Development Southern Africa

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“…Or were they due to external factors, which we could categorise as politics of participation -decisions by designers and managers of the PRSP, or priorities of participation made within the larger social structure of 'civil society' itself? 3 The PRSP process 3.1 Antecedents of PRSP: Four countries Sources: Chizhuka and Mahoney, 2005;Jonathan and Kimambo, 2005;Mugisha and Barungi, 2005;Nakhumwa, 2005. Figures from 2004 if not other year indicated.…”

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“…Uganda has been an exception in sub-Saharan Africa with its relatively liberal 'no party' democracy since 1986, and with emphasis on participatory 'grassroots' democracy. However, recent constitutional changes may, , with president and parliament elections scheduled for March 2006, make Uganda a multi-party democracy like the other countries (Mugisha and Barungi, 2005).…”

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“…(The development director, National Smallholder & Farmer Association of Malawi (NASFAM). Interview with the author, Lilongwe, 04/11/05) Sources: Chizhuka and Mahoney, 2005;Jonathan and Kimambo, 2005;Mugisha and Barungi, 2005;Nakhumwa, 2005.…”

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“…The ministry was involved in consultations to develop macroeconomic framework projections, studies and reviews such as the Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Project (UPPAP), sector reviews, Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) and National Integrity Survey, and mobilization of consultative group meetings, working group discussions and all stakeholder consultation workshops. It was also the lead agency in document drafting (Mugisha and Barungi, 2005). Table 3.…”

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As the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is embraced in Uganda, determinants of awareness of ICT based projects remain unknown. The intensity of use of mobile phones among smallholder farmers in the areas where such projects operate is unclear. To address this knowledge gap, 346 smallholder farmers in two ICT project sites in Mayuge and Apac districts were subjected to econometric analysis using bi-variate logistic and zero-inflated negative binomial regression models to ascertain determinants of projects’ awareness and intensity of use of mobile phones. The authors find that education, distance to input markets, and membership in a group positively influence awareness. The decision to use a mobile phone for agricultural purposes is affected by distance to electricity and land cultivated and negatively influenced by being a member of any farmer group. Lastly, intensity of mobile phone use is affected by age, farming as the major occupation, and distance to an internet facility, being a member of a project, having participated in an agricultural project before, value of assets, size of land cultivated, possession of a mobile phone, and proximity to agricultural offices. The paper discusses policy implications of these findings.

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Rural producer organisations and policy formulations in Uganda

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Cooperative patronage: The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi in Kasungu District

Cooperative patronage: The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi in Kasungu District

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