Social cognitive drivers of farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach in Uganda

Kalule, Stephen W.; Sseguya, Haroon; Ongeng, Duncan; Karubanga, Gabriel

doi:10.1080/20421338.2019.1586114

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“…Similarly, associating with other pig farming friends is important is improving pig feed diversity through social influence. Social influence has been shown to influence farmers learning behaviour and formation of intentions with respect to improved agricultural practices (Kalule et al, 2019). It is thus expected that when a farmer associates with other farmers, there is a possibility of cross learning and sharing of best practices including use of unconventional feed resources.…”

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An assessment of pig feed diversity amongst smallholder pig farmers in Northern Uganda

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Cogent Food & Agriculture

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Pig production has a high potential for increasing household incomes of both rural and urban smallholder farmers. However, this opportunity is constrained by the high cost of feeds and its scarcity. As such, farmers usually feed pigs on multiple feed resources within their reach. Although the diversity of pig feeds is important in overcoming the challenges, there is limited information on how this can be achieved, and the factors influencing it. Using a cross-section of 240 pig farming households, this study assessed how socio-demographic, technical and institutional factors influenced household pig feed diversity. Statistical analysis was performed at p < 0.1, p < 0.05 and p < 0.01), respectively. Results showed that marital status (p = 0.012), household size (p = 0.085), number of crop (p = 0.008) and other livestock enterprises (p = 0.055), ownership of mobile phone (p = 0.091), buying feeds (p = 0.005), and use of radio (p = 0.032) and friend as sources (p = 0.002) of agricultural information had a positive significant influence on household pig feed diversity. Additionally, age (p = 0.042), land size owned (p = 0.085) and breed [rearing local (p = 0.009) and crosses (p = 0.000) as opposed to exotic breeds] had a negative significant influence on household pig feed diversity.The study recommends that focus should be placed on improving access to farm inputs, agricultural and market information for smallholder pig farmers so as to

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Section: Institutional Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%