Gender equity and household participation in national agricultural advisory services among farmers in Komamboga parish, Kampala District, Uganda

Abstract

The study assessed ‘gender equity and household participation in agricultural advisory services among farmers in Komamboga parish, Kampala district, Uganda’. The study objectives were: to determine the level of gender equity in accessing agricultural advisory services in Komamboga Parish, examine the level of household participation in agricultural advisory services in Komamboga and establish the relationship between gender equity and household participation in agricultural advisory services in Komamboga Parish. The study was descriptive-correlational in nature with qualitative and quantitative approaches. A sample of 80 respondents was used and key informants were interviewed from NAADS. The questionnaire, interview guide and documentary analysis were used to gather data. Gender equity and household participation in agricultural advisory services was found to be moderate with ( S~ = 3.21; SD = 1.274). The level of household participation to agricultural advisory services in Komamboga was found to be high (5~ = 3.53; SD 1.173), there was a moderate level of usage of agricultural advisory services in Komamboga. There was a significant relationship between gender equity and household participation in agricultural advisory services, (r. 0.369, p = 0.001).