Determinants of Innovation Behaviour among Pig Farmers in Northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorMugonya, J.
dc.contributor.authorKalule, S.W.
dc.contributor.authorNdyomugyenyi, E. K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-06T09:05:15Z
dc.date.available2022-09-06T09:05:15Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAttributable to poor market linkages, Ugandan pig farmers are taken advantage of by middlemen who pay low prices, recline the weight of pigs and default on payments. Farmer innovation can remedy the situation; however, the factors influencing pig farmers’ innovation behaviour are not fully known. Further, extant studies on the subject tend to report findings on innovation behaviour as a composite variable other than its decomposed phases of exploration, experimentation, adaptation and modification of farming practices. This study therefore aimed at examining the influence of socio-economic factors on the phases of innovation behaviour among pig farmers in Northern Uganda. A cross sectional survey of 239 respondents was carried out and primary data were collected using pretested, semi-structured questionnaires between the month of October and November 2018. Tobit regression was employed for data analysis. The results revealed that personal selling affects all phases of innovation behaviour. In addition, i) exploration of new practices was affected by stock size, educational level and gender; ii) experimentation of new practices also depended on educational level; iii) adaptation of new practices was predicted by farming experience, extension service, access credit, non-farm employment, distance to town market and pork selling, and lastly iv) modification of existing practices was contingent on farming experience, access to extension service, access to credit, price negotiation ability, selling pigs to peer farmers and selling pork. Therefore, pig farmers operating in poorly developed value chains should as much as possible do personal selling of their pigs and pig products through informing their community members about the availability of piglets for sale on their farms, taking their pigs to the market or slaughtering pigs to sell pork instead of live pigs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMugonya, J., Kalule, S. W., & Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2020). Determinants of innovation behaviour among pig farmers in Northern Uganda. African Journal of Rural Development, 4(3), 363-374.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2415-2838
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4565
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Rural Developmenten_US
dc.subjectInnovation phases, middlemen, pig production, pig value chain, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of Innovation Behaviour among Pig Farmers in Northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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