relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11606/
title: Enthusiasm of Actors Within the Groundnut Value Chain Sharing Impact Stories in Uganda
creator: Akpo, E
creator: Ojiewo, C O
creator: Omoigui, L O
creator: Rubyogo, J C
creator: Varshney, R K
subject: Smallholder Farmers
subject: Genetics and Genomics
subject: Legume Crops
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa
description: The role of women in traditional African homes is often considered subordinate  than that of men. Women in most cases are expected to look after the household and  the children and ensure food security while men, on the other hand, are tasked with  ensuring financial security. In Uganda, women contribute to 53% agricultural labor  force; this is because they have limited access to land and thus resort to offering  labor to farm owners. Tropical Legumes projects has strived to empower women  through creating awareness and sensitizations to women groups in various parts of  the country (Fig. 4.1).  Purlonyo Women Group is among farmer groups that have benefited from the  TL projects. Rather than staying at home and waiting to be financially supported,  the women have settled on self-empowerment. Ms. Leonora Okidi founded Purlonyo  Women Group with an aim of inspiring women to uplift themselves.  The group consists of 35 groundnut producers from Pader District, nine are men  despite being a women group. Before joining the Tropical Legumes projects the  group produced old groundnut varieties solely for household consumption.
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
date: 2020
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11606/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_4.pdf
identifier:   Akpo, E and Ojiewo, C O and Omoigui, L O and Rubyogo, J C and Varshney, R K  (2020) Enthusiasm of Actors Within the Groundnut Value Chain Sharing Impact Stories in Uganda.   In:  Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash.   Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 57-64.  ISBN 978-981-15-0844-8     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_4
relation: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_4