Socioeconomic factors associated with finger millet production in eastern Uganda

Kidoido, Michael M.; Kasenge, V.; Mbowa, S.; Tenywa, J. S.; Nyende, Paul

doi:10.4314/acsj.v10i1.27561

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“…This finding is consistent with earlier studies carried out by Okwadi (2007), Kidoido et al (2002), and Tenywa et al (1999), in which farmers had earlier on pointed out labour costs as a major constraint to finger millet production. This mainly occurred because of the finger millet seed size which required very fine seedbed, and with over 95% of the farmers planting through broadcasting, it makes weeding and harvesting difficult.…”

Section: Finger Millet Production Constraints In Selected Districts Osupporting

confidence: 83%

“…Participatory rural appraisal has been previously conducted on finger millet in Uganda (Okwadi, 2007;Kidoido et al, 2002;Tenywa et al, 1999) none of the reports however, pointed to specific farmer preferences in a blast resistant, high yielding finger millet variety. The use of blast resistant finger millet cultivars therefore, might be the most effective blast control measure to the small-scale farmers in marginal areas since it is compatible with their low-input farming practices.…”

Section: Participatory Rural Appraisalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participatory research also allows incorporation of farmers' indigenous technical knowledge, identification of farmers' criteria and priorities and definition of research agenda (Chambers, 1994). Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools are usually applied to determine farmers' perceptions and preferences (Kidoido et al, 2002), it involves local people in collecting and analyzing information, allows seeking of insights about their local and actual conditions and fosters dialogue between scientists and farmers. By integrating farmers' concerns and conditions into agricultural research, research will develop technologies that become widely adopted, resulting in more productive, stable, equitable and sustainable agricultural systems.…”

Section: Participatory Plant Breedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Wanyera (2007a), some improved cultivars have been released but adoption by the small-scale farmers, the main growers of finger millet is low. Kidoido, Kasenge, Mbowa, Tenywa, and Nyende (2002) suggests a number of reasons for this scenario, principal among them is the failure of breeders to involve and incorporate farmers' concerns in their cultivars development. The outcomes have been new cultivars with limited or no consideration to special preferences of the target farmers in the marginal environments (Banziger & Cooper, 2001;Thiele, Gardner, Torrez, & Gabriel, 1997).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Farmers’ Perceptions of Finger Millet Production Constraints, Varietal Preferences and Their Implications to Finger Millet Breeding in Uganda

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Finger millet is an important food security and cash crop in Uganda but its production is constrained by a number of factors. However, information on farmers' perceptions of constraints and varietal preferences is limited. A study was conducted to; identify varieties and varietal preferences in finger millet, and assess farmers' constraints to finger millet production and coping mechanisms. The study involved a participatory rural appraisal, and a survey. Farmers identified the major constraint as high labour requirements especially for weeding since over 95% of the farmers used broadcasting as a method of planting. Other constraints that occurred across all the districts were blast disease and low yielding cultivars. Farmers also reported to have developed some coping mechanisms to counter the constraints. In terms of preference for new cultivars, farmers preferred high grain yield, brown seed colour, compact head shape, tolerance to blast disease, high tillering ability, moderate plant height (1 ± 0.2 m), early maturity, tolerance to shattering and ease of threshing without compromising other preferred attributes. The study further revealed that a considerable proportion of the farmers had limited or no knowledge on finger millet blast disease, its causes and mechanisms of coping. Farmers also reported that blast disease symptoms in all locations were on the increase over the years and pointed out the most susceptible and tolerant cultivars. These findings therefore, present an urgent need for information sharing with farmers and other agricultural development partners, and continuous development of blast resistant cultivars with farmer preferred attributes.

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Section: Finger Millet Production Constraints In Selected Districts Osupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Participatory Rural Appraisalmentioning

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Section: Participatory Plant Breedingmentioning

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Farmers’ Perceptions of Finger Millet Production Constraints, Varietal Preferences and Their Implications to Finger Millet Breeding in Uganda

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Derera³

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“…In the 1960s, the dominant annual cropping systems were cotton-millet (Parsons 1970) but these have been overtaken in importance by cassava from the mid 1990s. Widespread soil degradation (Wortmann and Kaizzi 1998; Walaga et al 2000; Nkonya et al 2005), wetland encroachment (NEMA 2001) and low crop productivity in the system (Kidoido et al 2002) are reported. Livelihoods of the smallholders are threatened and recurrent episodes of famine have occurred (Ssali et al 2002).…”

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Drivers of land use change and household determinants of sustainability in smallholder farming systems of Eastern Uganda

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Smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa have undergone changes in land use, productivity and sustainability. Understanding of the drivers that have led to changes in land use in these systems and factors that influence the systems’ sustainability is useful to guide appropriate targeting of intervention strategies for improvement. We studied low input Teso farming systems in eastern Uganda from 1960 to 2001 in a place-based analysis combined with a comparative analysis of similar low input systems in southern Mali. This study showed that policy-institutional factors next to population growth have driven land use changes in the Teso systems, and that nutrient balances of farm households are useful indicators to identify their sustainability. During the period of analysis, the fraction of land under cultivation increased from 46 to 78%, and communal grazing lands nearly completely disappeared. Cropping diversified over time; cassava overtook cotton and millet in importance, and rice emerged as an alternative cash crop. Impacts of political instability, such as the collapse of cotton marketing and land management institutions, of communal labour arrangements and aggravation of cattle rustling were linked to the changes. Crop productivity in the farming systems is poor and nutrient balances differed between farm types. Balances of N, P and K were all positive for larger farms (LF) that had more cattle and derived a larger proportion of their income from off-farm activities, whereas on the medium farms (MF), small farms with cattle (SF1) and without cattle (SF2) balances were mostly negative. Sustainability of the farming system is driven by livestock, crop production, labour and access to off-farm income. Building private public partnerships around market-oriented crops can be an entry point for encouraging investment in use of external nutrient inputs to boost productivity in such African farming systems. However, intervention strategies should recognise the diversity and heterogeneity between farms to ensure efficient use of these external inputs.

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Assessing the genetic fidelity of somatic embryo-derived plantlets of finger millet by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

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Socioeconomic factors associated with finger millet production in eastern Uganda

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Farmers’ Perceptions of Finger Millet Production Constraints, Varietal Preferences and Their Implications to Finger Millet Breeding in Uganda

Farmers’ Perceptions of Finger Millet Production Constraints, Varietal Preferences and Their Implications to Finger Millet Breeding in Uganda

Drivers of land use change and household determinants of sustainability in smallholder farming systems of Eastern Uganda

Assessing the genetic fidelity of somatic embryo-derived plantlets of finger millet by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

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