Factors Influencing the Use of Food Storage Structures by Agrarian Communities in Northern Uganda

Abstract

Food storage at the national or global level is important due to its multifunctional roles of enhancing food access, nutrition, and income security at the national, community and household levels. This study assesses the importance of food storage structures and their utilization by farmers cultivating finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Apac and Arua districts, Northern Uganda. The study encompassed a total sample of 782 households producing finger millet and/or beans (388 of which were below and 394 above the poverty line). A binary probit regression analysis was used to identify the factors influencing the household use of improved storage structures.The findings indicated that only 22% of households used improved storage structures and that usage depended on the age of the household a * Corresponding author: Charles Owach, Food and Agriculture

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