
Robert OchagoMuni University · Graduate Training Research and Innovations
Robert Ochago
Doctor of Philosophy
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While researchers, development actors, and policymakers recognize that Innovation Platforms govern farmers' development knowledge when attempting to address challenges, the question of how IPs’ governance mechanisms affect their learning process remains unaddressed. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of 214 coffee IP farmers, this study emplo...
Whereas reflection is essential for learners to make sense of their challenging experiences, little is known about how farmers reflect on their challenging experiences in agricultural practices. This study explores how farmers reflect on their challenges in coffee value chain practices. Using qualitative methods, including focus group discussions a...
Although the literature on education and learning sciences determined how student identities influence their experiential learning process, this link is less clear in the agricultural context, where farmers have faced unique value chain challenges i.e., production to marketing. This study contributes to examining how farmers' role identities suppor...
Purpose
Multiple value chain challenges confront smallholder farmers, which necessitate context-specific solutions. Family resources, such as information and production inputs, are valuable assets for farmers. When properly used, farmers’ family resources can help them in learning how to address value chain challenges. Yet, the learning in rural ag...
Purpose: While new rich learning opportunities emerged through the introduction of Innovation Platforms (IPs) in agricultural value chains, the extent to which IPs enhance farmer experiential learning is still unclear.
Design/methodology/approach: This paper brings clarity to the above question by interviewing 91 coffee IP farmers. Data were analyz...
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly infectious and lethal transboundary swine disease, which has devastating
effects on the industry, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment,
on-farm biosecurity measures are the only means of controlling it. Women and men are both involved in pig
farming but the imp...
Even though both empirical and field evidence hail integrated pest management (IPM) as promising techniques for cost-effective and environment friendly control of agricultural pests, coffee farmers still rely on pesticides. A post coffee stem borer IPM training survey of 126 farmers reveals that farmers’ attitudes toward pesticides is a major const...
There is insufficient empirical research on barriers to women’s participation in mixed sex coffee Integrated Pest Management learning groups. Previous studies focused on socio economic factors with less emphasis on gender in a male dominated crop in Elgon Sub region of Uganda. The study used a cross sectional survey research design and a total 126...
This study was conducted in Uganda to determine whether socioeconomic factors influence farmer participation in mixed sex coffee Integrated Pest Management group processes mobilized by the USAID funded Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research (IPM CRSP) Program in Uganda. The study used a cross sectional research design and a total 126 (71...
This research project explores gender relations in pig husbandry, and how they impact on the effectiveness of African Swine Fever control and related biosecurity protocols.
The paper presents findings from a study conducted to determine men and women farmers' knowledge of the coffee Stem Borer IPM practices and socioeconomic factors influencing the level of farmers' knowledge in Bugisu sub region, Uganda. A post training cross sectional survey of 71 men and 55 women members of coffee IPM groups who had participated in...
Gender dimensions have gained traction over the past 10–15 years as
important considerations in value-chain research and in the design of
value-chain interventions (Barrientos et al. 2001, Dolan and Sutherland 2002,
Barrientos et al. 2003, Tallontire et al. 2005, Bolwig et al. 2008, Riisgaard 2009,
Bolwig et al. 2010, Tallontire et al. 2011, KIT et...
An assessment of the gender capacities of Livestock and Fish (LAF) partners in the Uganda Pig Value Chain and identify capacity development needs for appropriate interventions.