Abstract

AbstractMost smallholder farmers in Uganda often opt to farm the more popular crops which include coffee, plantain, cassava, sweet potatoes, and maize. Smallholder bean farming in Uganda is however overtaking the crops as farmers are seeing the potential that bean farming possesses. Women in the traditional Ugandan setting are considered as care givers and are tasked with ensuring food security. In Northern Uganda for instance, women are not entitled to inheriting land. When it comes to land sharing, women are only allowed to endorse the sharing. They are however given a portion where they can plant crops they can utilize in the household. The tropical legumes however strived to eradicate the stereotype that exists with the position of women in production for commercial purposes (Fig. 5.1).

Highlights

  • Most smallholder farmers in Uganda often opt to farm the more popular crops which include coffee, plantain, cassava, sweet potatoes, and maize

  • Smallholder bean farming in Uganda is overtaking the crops as farmers are seeing the potential that bean farming possesses

  • Women in the traditional Ugandan setting are considered as care givers and are tasked with ensuring food security

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Summary

Empowering Rural Women in

Central Uganda to Achieve Higher Income and Improved Food Security with New Bean Varieties. In the second season she planted 20 kg of NABE 14 and harvested 900 kg The results from her first two seasons with the improved varieties of bean prompted Amida to increase her area of production; previously she utilized only 1⁄2 an acre for bean farming, but she increased it to 2 acres. Amida is among thousands of farmers who have benefited from the Tropical Legumes projects; the additional income from her bean production has enabled her to educate her children up to university level. She has purchased two goats that she uses for milk production. She is looking forward to purchasing a television set and open a savings account to enable her to repair her house and build a store for her bean produce

The Successful Experience of Gomba Seed Producers’ Cooperative, Gomba, Uganda
CEDO Ensuring
Strengthening the Bean Breeding Program and Value Chain in
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Strengthening the Bean Breeding Program and Value Chain in Uganda
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