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    Women in Uganda Aquaculture: Nutrition, Training, and Advancement
    (National Fisheries Resource Research Institute (NaFIRRI), 2013) Atukunda, Gertrude; Matuha, Moureen; Safina, Namatovu; Birungi, Dorothy; Walakira, John; Hyuha, Theodora; Fuuna, Peter; Abalo, Gertrude; Boyd, Claude; Molnar, Joseph J.
    The study used discussions and interviews with selected respondents to generate relevant information for training fish farmer groups and other actors involved in aquaculture. The trainings followed data collection so as to make sure that training focused on identified knowledge gaps among target groups. The study focused on selected districts in central and northern regions of Uganda. Purposive sampling was used to identify respondents. Supplementary information was obtained from interviews with members of fish farmer organizations. Findings revealed that women’s involvement in the various segments of the value chain performing different roles and activities individually or jointly with men. Factors such as land ownership, decision making over utilization of land, membership to producer and farmer groups, and access to production inputs and extension services influence women’s roles in the aquaculture value chain. Participation in farmer groups increases women’s opportunities but challenges prevail in the formation, organization and operations of the groups. In addition, specific production and marketing information needs, such as appropriate techniques of feeding fish, processing and marketing fish products to niche markets were noted as directly relevant in enhancing women’s role in aquaculture. Stakeholder understanding of the role of fish in child and maternal nutrition is wide and recognized among other key drivers to increasing aquaculture productivity.