Kabarole research center and farmers’ livelihoods in Kabarole District
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2019-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The main objective of the study was to find out contributions of Kabarole Research Center
towards the transformation of farmers’ livelihoods in Kabarole district. Undertaking diverse
livelihood income generating activities is one of the key strategies ofien adopted to tackle the
challenge of food insecurity by rural farmers. This study analyzed the effect of Kabarole
Research Center towards the transformation of farmers’ livelihoods in Kabarole Area of
Kabarole district, Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to; to determine the
various livelihood activities among the respondents in Kabarole district, to determine the food
security status of the respondents in Kabarole district, to identify the determinants of
household food security and the constraints to diversifying livelihood sources by the
respondents in Kabarole district and to establish the relationship between Kabarole Research
Center efforts and the transformation of farmers’ livelihoods in Kabarole district. A
multistage sampling technique was used to collect primary data from 140 rural household
heads using structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and
inferential statistics. The result revealed that 90% of the respondents were male and 88.57%
were married. Majority (70%) were educated and are mostly small scale farmers (about
96%). Similarly, they undertake other diverse livelihood income activities which are mostly
unskilled non-farm activities. The mean per capita food expenditure per month was estimated
to be 4,852.58/= and the value was used to establish the food security line which shows that
65% of the households were food secure. There a positive relationship between Kabarole
Research Center and transformation of farmers’ livelihoods in Kabarole district, since the sig.
value (.000) was far less than 0.05, which is the maximum level of significance, required
declaring a significant relationship in social sciences. The binary logit regression analysis
showed that the coefficients of education level, number of income generating activities,
remittance and farm size were positive and significant while that of household size was
significant but negative. The major constraints to diversifying livelihood income activities
include; inadequacy of funds, infrastructural problems, and lack of awareness/training. The
study recommended that, effort should be made by all development actors to; improve access
to credit by fa~mers in Kabarole district, provide basic infrastructure in the area, and lastly
integrate awareness creation on diversifying livelihood income activities into extension
Description
A research report submitted to the humanities and social Sciences in partial fulfillment of a requirement for the award of a bachelors’ degree of development studies of Kampala International University
Keywords
Farmers, Research, livelihoods, Kabarole District