Browsing by Author "Twebaze, J."

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    Adoption of Soil Conservation through Collective Actions in SouthWestern Uganda
    (African Crop Science Journal, 2017) Kalibwani, R.M.; Kakuru, M.; Kamugisha, R.; Twebaze, J.; Tumuheirwe, H.; Tenywa, M.M.; Nyamwaro, S.O.; Mugabo, J.; Buruchara, R.
    In developing countries, access to and use of renewable natural resources are essential for rural livelihoods to thrive. Hence, cooperation in the management of natural resources is increasingly an important strategy that can enhance long-term socio-ecological resilience. In most cases, collective actions have widely been recognised as an alternative institutional arrangement to centralised governance for the management of natural resources, but their success largely depends on factors that are specific to localities where they are implemented. In this study, factors that influence adoption and extent of adoption of natural resource conservation activities were identified using two case studies: Bubaare and Bufundi Innovation Platforms in Uganda. The drivers of adoption of community natural resource management strategies are analysed using an Ordered Logit Model while extent of adoption is analysed using a truncated regression model. The education level of a household head, membership in collective action group, and perception of plot slope and relevance of bye-laws were factors associated with likelihood of adoption. Value of livestock, membership in collective action group, access to credit and off-farm income were found to positively influence the level of investment. Thus, collective action increases opportunities for adoption; hence farmers should be supported to work collectively.
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    Local institutions in southwestern Uganda: the role of integrated agricultural research for development
    (African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013) Kalibwani, R.; Fungo, B.; Tenywa, M.; Tukahirwa, J.; Mutabazi, S.; Twebaze, J.; Kamugisha, R.
    Local institutions are commonly referred to as mediating factors that govern the relationship between a community and the natural resource base upon which it depends. However, conventional agricultural research and extension approaches have had limited impact in positively influencing the role of institutions in natural resource management (NRM). In this paper we discuss the role of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) in by-law enactment, implementation and compliance in southwestern Uganda, and the potential benefits of the IAR4D approach for the development of local-level institutions. Although the level of awareness of the enacted by-laws was highest in the conventional sites, compliance was highest in the innovation platform (IP) villages. With the multi-stakeholder participation of the IAR4D approach in the IPs, there was a conducive environment in which to formulate and implement new by-laws, such as those relating to the harvesting and marketing of produce. IAR4D was found to have the potential to empower individual farmers through their interactions with each other, as well as to increase inter institutional interactions for increased information sharing among stakeholders, thus building social capital for collective action.