Factors influencing implementation of bylaws on sustainable crop intensification: Evidence from potatoes in southwestern Uganda
Loading...
Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Cogent Social Sciences
Abstract
The study examined the factors for the successful implementation of
bylaws on sustainable crop intensification. The study used the new institutionalism
theory to examine the implementation of bylaws in the potato cropping system in
southwestern Uganda. A mixed model featuring both qualitative and quantitative
approaches was used in the study. This involved analysis of primary data. The
primary sources were key informants, focus group discussions, and face to face
interviews with individual farmers, as well as secondary data sources. Factors
influencing the effective implementation of bylaws on sustainable crop intensification
at community level included awareness of existing bylaws, availability of
extension agents to sensitize and train farmers on bylaws, power relations and
conflicts among farmers, and availability of financial resources for procurement of
agro-inputs. The factors influencing implementation of bylaws on sustainable crop
intensification at the individual level included farmers’ knowledge on bylaws
(P = 0.03), farmers’ participation in activities organised by government agencies
Description
Keywords
Bylaws implementation, Local policies, Improved and quality seed, Soil and water conservation, Market access, Sustainable crop intensification, Potatoes
Citation
Makuma-Massa Henry, Paul Kibwika, Paul Nampala, Victor Manyong & Mastewal Yami | (2020) Factors influencing implementation of bylaws on sustainable crop intensification: Evidence from potatoes in southwestern Uganda, Cogent Social Sciences, 6:1, 1841421, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2020.1841421