Access and coverage: which farmers do plant clinics reach in Uganda?

Karubanga, Gabriel; Matsiko, Frank B.; Danielsen, Solveig

doi:10.1080/09614524.2017.1359236

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“…Where repeat plant clinic visits were common despite the long distance, further studies may be needed to assess what the optimal clinic distribution would be. While some studies have shown a higher male to female ratio among plant clinic users (Karubanga et al, 2017), this study shows that men were less likely to participate at plant clinics compared to women. This implies that plant clinics are responsive to farmer needs irrespective of gender, although participation may be constrained by institutional or socio-cultural impediments, similar to studies by Achandi et al (2018).…”

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Farmer participation and motivation for repeat plant clinic use: Implications for delivery of plant health advice in Kenya

Kansiime

Mugambi

Migiro

et al. 2020

Cogent Environmental Science

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Plant clinics have been widely established in developing countries as a novel extension approach that provides demand driven plant health advice to smallholder farmers. This paper assesses farmer participation and motivation for repeat plant clinic use, and influence on pest management adoption decisions in Kenya. Cross-sectional farm-level data were collected from 259 farm households categorised as; none, one-time and repeat plant clinic users. Mixed multinomial logistic and multivariate logit regression models were used to jointly analyse farmer participation, and decisions to take-up pest management recommendations. Results showed that participation at plant clinics is motivated by farmers' perceived value or success of the recommendations given, the main reason given by farmers who repeatedly visited plant clinics. Non-clinic users (33%) lacked awareness, while ABOUT THE AUTHORS Monica K. Kansiime (PhD) is an Agricultural Economist at CABI, with over 14 years field and research experience in social sciences, market studies, impact studies, climate change adaptation, agricultural extension, and seed systems.Idah Mugambi (MSc) is an Agricultural Resource Management specialist, and currently works with CABI as a Project Officer, Knowledge and Data Management. Her research interests span the areas of digital agricultural extension, data and knowledge management.Lorna Migiro (PhD) is an agricultural entomologist, with 19 years' experience in research, university teaching, and project management. She is currently the Program support Manager for the CABI-led Plantwise Global Programme.Washington Otieno (PhD) is a plant pathologist with over 30 years' experience in scientific and development research, and programme management. Currently he leads CABI's Plantwise Global Programme.Justus Ochieng (PhD) is a Scientist-Impact Evaluation at Bayesian Consulting Group. His current research work is on agricultural value chain development and analysis, impact assessment, climate change and adaptation, technology adoption and scaling, and youth development.

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Farmer participation and motivation for repeat plant clinic use: Implications for delivery of plant health advice in Kenya

Kansiime

Mugambi

Migiro

et al. 2020

Cogent Environmental Science

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“…The results imply that policy interventions that encourage the establishment of and farmers’ participation in plant clinics can contribute to global efforts to achieve a zero‐hunger world by 2030. Given that our results and those of previous studies (e.g., Karubanga, 2017; Majuga et al ., 2018) have shown that physical distance and lack of awareness are among the key barriers to plant clinic participation, efforts to expand the reach of plant clinics could include better publicity (through, for instance, linkages with other extension activities such as farmer field schools); the rotation of plant clinics between different communities (i.e., mobile plant clinics); and building the capacity of extension workers in plant health diagnostics and advice. Moreover, our results suggest that strategies aimed at improving women’s access to plant clinic services may lead to greater food security gains.…”

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Do Plant Clinics Improve Household Food Security? Evidence from Rwanda

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Uzayisenga²,

Mugambi³

et al. 2020

J Agricultural Economics

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One of the main drivers of food insecurity is pests, which are estimated to cause around 40% of crop losses worldwide. We examine the food security effects of plant clinics, a novel agricultural extension model that aims to reduce crop losses due to pests through the provision of demand‐driven plant health diagnostic and advisory services to smallholder farmers. The study is based on survey data from maize‐growing households in Rwanda, where 66 plant clinics have been established. Using switching regression and matching techniques as well as various food security metrics, including the food insecurity experience scale, we find evidence that participation in plant clinics is significantly associated with a reduction in household food insecurity. For instance, among the participating households, plant clinics contribute to a decrease in the period of food shortage by one month and a reduction in the severity of food insecurity by 22 percentage points. We also show that these effects are more pronounced for female‐headed households. Overall, our findings suggest that plant clinics can play an important role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 2 of zero hunger.

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“…Good plant health is fundamental to ensure food and income security among smallholder farmers, so as to meet the demands of local and global markets (Danielsen et al 2013). Likewise, effective plant healthcare is essential for producing healthy crops for both human and animal consumption (Karubanga, Matsiko, and Danielsen 2017), as well as for non-food purposes (Danielsen et al 2012). However, substantial amounts of crop produce are lost every year due to plant health problems (Karubanga, Matsiko, and Danielsen 2017).…”

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Unravelling technology-acceptance factors influencing farmer use of banana tissue culture planting materials in Central Uganda

Mulugo

Kyazze

Kibwika

et al. 2019

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Developm

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Effective management of plant health is fundamental for food and income security to meet the growing demands of local and global markets. This however requires farmers' adequate access to quality planting materials under the prevailing contextual and psycho-social factors. This study, anchored in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technologies, unravels technology-acceptance factors that influence farmers' intentions to use banana tissue culture planting materials in the control of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt. Data were collected from 248 randomly sampled banana farmers using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modelling to examine hypothesized paths in the uptake of banana tissue culture planting materials. Results show that farmer intentions to use tissue culture planting materials are dependent on two constructs: social influence and farmer innovativeness. However, social influence is the main predictor of intentions to use tissue culture planting materials. In particular, farmer innovativeness mediates facilitating conditions and social influence in predicting intentions to use tissue culture planting materials. Thus, this study reveals two factors that influence farmer intentions to use tissue culture planting materials: social influence and farmer innovativeness. The findings imply that social influence and farmer innovativeness are critical in disseminating novel agricultural technologies in Uganda and elsewhere.

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Access and coverage: which farmers do plant clinics reach in Uganda?

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Farmer participation and motivation for repeat plant clinic use: Implications for delivery of plant health advice in Kenya

Farmer participation and motivation for repeat plant clinic use: Implications for delivery of plant health advice in Kenya

Do Plant Clinics Improve Household Food Security? Evidence from Rwanda

Unravelling technology-acceptance factors influencing farmer use of banana tissue culture planting materials in Central Uganda

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