Browsing by Author "Tenywa, Moses"

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    Multi-stakeholder Partner Value Chain Development A case of the Organic Pineapple in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda
    (Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2018) Kalibwani, Rebecca Mutebi; Twebaze, Jennifer; Kamugisha, Rick; Kakuru, Medard; Sabiiti, Moses; Kugonza, Irene; Tenywa, Moses; Nyamwaro, Sospeter
    The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the livelihoods of rural farming households. With the view that such partnerships can raise farmers’ incomes, the study uses the case of the organic pineapple (OP) value chain in Ntungamo, Western Uganda, to understand the governance features that hold the value chain partners together, to analyse the costs and margins to the participating farmers, to identify opportunities for demand-driven upgrading of the farmers’ skills and knowledge, and the role that partnerships play in such upgrading.
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    Scaling Smallholder Farmer Empowerment: Lessons from the Lifelong Learning Program in Uganda
    (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021) Kalibwani, Rebecca; Kakuru, Medard; Carr, Alexis; Tenywa, Moses
    An evaluation study of the Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) program was undertaken in two sites; in the central and northern regions of Uganda. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) was used to measure the impact of the program on crop and household income, as well as the empowerment levels of its participants. The two sites had differences not only in geographical location but in historical background and implementation of the program, which may have influenced the livelihood outcomes. Despite these differences, the results of the study confirm the potential of the L3F approach to raisen participants’ crop and household income relative to non-L3F counterparts, significantly so for women participants. There is also sufficient evidence to confirm that L3F positively contributes to farmer empowerment, and, subsequently, their livelihood. The paper draws lessons for scaling the empowerment process using the lifelong learning for farmers’ model in Uganda.