NAADS PROGRAMME AND FARMERS’ WELLBEING IN KIRYANDONGO DISTRiCT: A CASE STUDY OF KIGUMBA SUB COUNTY BY KAAHWA JUSTINE BEAS/3629411 13/DU A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ECONOMICS AND APPLIED STATISTICS OF KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY JULY, 2014 DECLARATION I, KAAHWA JUSTINE declare that this is purely my own original work and has never been submitted by anybody for the award of a certificate, diploma or degree in any other university or institution before. The Literature and citation from other scholars work have been fully referred to and acknowledged in the text and bibliography. SIGN DATE....~7- KAAHWA JIJSTINE BEAS/36294/1 13/DU APPROVAL This stLldy entitled NAADS PROGRAMME AND FARMERS WELLBEING by KAAHWA JUSTINE registration number BEAS/36294/113IDU carried out in Kigumba sub county Kiryandongo District has been er y supervision. Signature Derick Ssekajugo (PhD) Date DEDICATION I dedicate this piece oF work to my DAD, MUM, brothers and sister and my church priest for their kind support both spiritually and financially. II ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. I v~. ish to extend m~ gratitude to Kampala International University for giving me the opportunity to pursue my academic dreams, the college of Applied Economics and management, department of economics and statistics and the staff for their dedicated services to make me who I am and the university library for the resourceful books. Sincere appreciation goes to my supervisor Ssekajugo Derick (PhD) for unreservedly imparting his skills in me and tirelessi) sacriflcing his valuable time in guiding and encouraging me to see this piece of work to completion. M3 sincere appreciation goes to Mr. Ojera Francis, Mr. Festus Anguiko, Kigumba sub county councilor district cabinet br the tremendous material and moral support and encouragements they gave me throughout my studies. My God the almighty Bless you all. My gratitude Ilirther goes to my friends Judie, Ronald Mugume, Grace and Diana for their kind support. And my course mates for the fruitful discussion we had. God bless you all. Above all to the Lord God Almighty for the gift of life, knowledge, provisions and journey mercies during my studies. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CD D corn rnunity Driven Development. EPRC Economic Policy Research Centers. FAQ Food Agricultural organization. I FPR I International Food Policy Research Institute. MDGS Millennium Development GOALS. MGLSD Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Developments. MOH Ministry of Health. NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services. NDP National Development Plan. NGOs Non ~(movern mental Organizations. NUSAF Northern Uganda Social Action Fund. PFZAP Poverty eradication Action Plan. PMA Plan [or Modernization of Agriculture. SACCQ Saving and Credit Cooperation Organization. UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics. VSLA Voluntary Loans and Savings Association. KDLG Kiryandongo District Local Government. V TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v ABSTRACT x CHARPTER ONE I I .OINTRODUCTION: I 1.1 l3ack ground oithe study 1.2 Statement oithe problem 3 1.3 Purpose of the study 3 1.4 Specific Objectives 3 I .5 Research Questions 4 1.6 Scope of’the study 4 I .6. 1 Content Scope 4 1 .6.2 Time Scope 4 1.6.3 Geographical Scope 5 1.8 Operational definition of Key Terms 5 CHAPTER TWO 7 INTRO[)UCTION 7 2. I Literature review (definitive review) ofNAADS 7 2.3 Farmers’ Wellbeing 8 2.4 Conceptual Framework 11 2.5 Challenges in program implementation (MAAIF 2010) 12 2.6 Related Studies 15 C HA PTER Ti-I REE 22 vi METHODOLOGY .22 3. 1 Research Deign .22 3.2 Population of the study 22 3.3 Sample size 22 3.4 Sampling Procedures 23 3.5 Data Collection Methods 23 3.5.1 Data collection instruments 23 3.5.2 Data gathering procedures 24 3.5.2.1 Before data gathering 24 3.5.2.2 During Data Gathering 24 3.5 2.3 After Data Gathering 25 3.6 Data processing and Analysis 25 3.7 Validity 25 3.7 Ethical considerations 25 CHAPTER FOUR 26 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS 26 4.1 Demographic Characteristics of NAADS Farmers in Kigumba Sub County 26 4.2 The level of NAADS implementation program in Kiryandongo District 30 4.3 The level ofNAA[)S Farmers’ wellbeing 33 4.4: Policy measures aimed at improving the farmers’ wellbeing 45 CHARTER FIVE 46 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 46 5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 46 5.2 CONCLUSION 46 5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 47 5.4 Areas of further Research 47 REFERENCES 49 VI APPENDIX I A .52 INTRODUCTORY I ETTER 52 APPENDIX lB 53 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT: QUESTIONNAIRE 53 APPENDIX IC 56 VII, LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1: The gender ol’the NAADS Respondents 26 Table 4.2: Age bracket of the NAADS Respondents 27 Table 4.3: Marital Status of the NAADS farmers Respondents 28 Table 4.4: Level of education attained by the NAADS Respondents 29 4.2 The level ofNAADS implementation program in Kiryandongo District 30 Table 4.5; The Number of visits Conducted by NAADS Official’s for Advisory Services 30 Table 4.6: The type of input material received by NAADS Respondents 31 Table 4.7: The Number of Times of NAADS Respondents Received the input Materials Mentioned in Table 6 32 4.3 The level of NAADS Farmers’ wellbeing 33 Table 4.8 The income levels of NAADS Respondents per Month 33 Fable 4.9: I he levels of saving by NAADS Respondents per month 34 Table 4. I 0: The number oFNAADS Respondents who store food for future consumption 35 Table 4.11: The Number of Meals Taken a Day by NAADS Respondents 36 Table 4.12: The Number of Sick Family Members of NAADS Respondents last month 37 Table 4.13: The Type of sickness that affected the NAADS Respondent last month 38 Table: 4. 14: The level of Crop Yield by NAADS Respondents per Season 39 Table 4.15 The type of livestock kept by NAADS Respondents 40 Table 4.16: The Number of children that NAADS farmers have 41 Table 4.17: Number of respondents’ children who go school 42 Table 4.1 8: The type of I-louse NAADS Respondents lives in 43 Table 4.19: The number of rooms of NAADS Respondents’ house 44 4.4: Policy measures aimed at improving the farmers’ wellbeing 45 Table 4:20: Policy measures to improve the farmers’ wellbeing 45 ABSTRACT This study aimed at suggesting policy measures aimed at improving the welfare of farmers in Kigumba sub county Kiryandongo district. The study was guided by three objectives that is; to suggest policy measures aimed at improving the welfare of farmers; to determine level of implementation of NAADS program; and to determine the level of farmers’ wellbeing, in Kigumba sub county Kiryandongo district. The study used a case study design because it presented an opportunity to conduct an in-depth investigation of the relationship between NAADS programme and farmers’ wellbeing. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used in both data collection and analysis. The study found out that NAADS farmers were better off in Kigumba sub county Kiryandongo district as regards to income levels and significant difference in terms of livestock kept. It was also revealed that there existed no difference among NAADS farmers’ seasonal crop yield levels. Since farmers’ wellbeing was high, therefore NAADS programme has contributed towards farmers’ wellbeing through boosting their income levels although more efforts are still needed to improve on some sectors like crop production and livestock levels. This study thus recommended that, the government should supply good quality seeds in order to boost on the levels of crop yield per season; the district NAADS coordinator should ensure monitoring and supervision of the program implementation processes so as to achieve the program objectives. x CHARPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION: This chapter covered the introduction to the study, the statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, scope of the study, and the significance of the study. 1.1 Back ground of the study According to the UND (2010)Report, out of seven billion people in the world, over 3.6 billion depend on Agriculture where 1.3 billion people have absolute poverty a cross the global especially in LDCs. The state of African economies report (2011) states that about 46% live in rural areas where they depend on agriculture and Agriculture-related non-farm activities for their livelihoods. Dione (2009) said while Africa was spending $25 billion annually on food and Agricultural imports, and receiving $2 billion yearly in food aid nearly one-third of the population still suffered from chronic hunger. Like most African countries, poverty still remains the greatest challenges facing Ugandan farmers on a more generalized average. In Africa, it is well known that Agricultural commodities are the major exports and Agriculture employs the largest part of the population as well as acting as the major source of lood. And in Fast Africa for example Kenya’s economy is heavily dependent of Agriculture. 75% of Kenyans make their living from farming, producing both for local consumption and for export (Uwechue, Ralph (red) I 996).Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda’s economy. Many people depend on agriculture to survive that is, as a source food and income. UBOS (2013) estimates over 65% of Ugandans are directly dependant on agriculture as a source of income and food. For the reason the government of Uganda has come up with many policies to develop agriculture so as to increase its productivity like MADFA, NAADS and others.