TY  - CHAP
N2  - 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.
AV  - public
KW  - Grain legume productivity
KW  -  Smallholder farmers
KW  -  Impact stories
KW  -  Multi-stakeholders
KW  -  Sub-Saharan Africa
KW  -  Tropical Legumes projects
A1  - Akpo, E
A1  - Ojiewo, C O
A1  - Omoigui, L O
A1  - Rubyogo, J C
A1  - Varshney, R K
TI  - Enthusiasm of Actors Within the Groundnut Value Chain Sharing Impact Stories in Uganda
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_4
T2  - Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash
SP  - 57
Y1  - 2020///
ID  - icrisat11606
EP  - 64
SN  - 978-981-15-0844-8
PB  - Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
CY  - Singapore
ER  -