Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda
Postharvest losses (PHLs) are a threat to efforts aimed at ensuring food and income security. This study aimed at contributing to the efforts to reduce PHLs through examining smallholder farmers’ perceptions about level of PHLs in Eastern Uganda. A descriptive cross sectional survey involved 83 f...
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| author | Godfrey Lusiba Ssebaggala Paul Kibwika Florence Birungi Kyazze Gabriel Karubanga |
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Postharvest losses (PHLs) are a threat to efforts aimed at ensuring food and income security. This study aimed at contributing to the efforts to reduce PHLs through examining smallholder farmers’ perceptions about level of PHLs in Eastern Uganda. A descriptive cross sectional survey involved 83 farmers in focus group discussions and 150 individual household interviews. Principal component analysis and logistic regression were used to establish the determinants of farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs. Results indicate that farmers perceive 66% of the losses occurred at the stages of harvesting, heaping and threshing through spillage. Quality deterioration was perceived to be highest at harvesting and drying. Farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs was lowest at those stages where the losses were highest. This implies that the losses are likely to remain high unless farmers’ mindset about their control beliefs is enhanced. Farmers perceived ability to reduce PHLs is significantly influenced by potential for expansion of rice production, awareness of the modes through which losses occur and ways in which rice is used at household level and household characteristics. Any interventions to reduce PHLs should focus on mobilizing and coordinating farmers into commercial rice production and mind shift through intensifying sensitization.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b2cd99a45c7414b887fe3ce29fe45642022-12-22T04:42:01ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512017-05-01212Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern UgandaGodfrey Lusiba Ssebaggala0Paul Kibwika1Florence Birungi Kyazze2Gabriel Karubanga3Makerere UniversityMakerere UniversityMakerere UniversityMakerere University Postharvest losses (PHLs) are a threat to efforts aimed at ensuring food and income security. This study aimed at contributing to the efforts to reduce PHLs through examining smallholder farmers’ perceptions about level of PHLs in Eastern Uganda. A descriptive cross sectional survey involved 83 farmers in focus group discussions and 150 individual household interviews. Principal component analysis and logistic regression were used to establish the determinants of farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs. Results indicate that farmers perceive 66% of the losses occurred at the stages of harvesting, heaping and threshing through spillage. Quality deterioration was perceived to be highest at harvesting and drying. Farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs was lowest at those stages where the losses were highest. This implies that the losses are likely to remain high unless farmers’ mindset about their control beliefs is enhanced. Farmers perceived ability to reduce PHLs is significantly influenced by potential for expansion of rice production, awareness of the modes through which losses occur and ways in which rice is used at household level and household characteristics. Any interventions to reduce PHLs should focus on mobilizing and coordinating farmers into commercial rice production and mind shift through intensifying sensitization. http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/1033Smallholder farmerrice postharvest lossesperceived magnitude of lossperceived ability to reduce lossesUganda |
| spellingShingle | Godfrey Lusiba Ssebaggala Paul Kibwika Florence Birungi Kyazze Gabriel Karubanga Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda Journal of Agricultural Extension Smallholder farmer rice postharvest losses perceived magnitude of loss perceived ability to reduce losses Uganda |
| title | Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda |
| title_full | Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda |
| title_short | Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda |
| title_sort | farmersa€™ perceptions of rice postharvest losses in eastern uganda |
| topic | Smallholder farmer rice postharvest losses perceived magnitude of loss perceived ability to reduce losses Uganda |
| url | http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/1033 |
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