eprintid: 11606
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2020-09-07 08:58:49
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creators_name: Akpo, E
creators_name: Ojiewo, C O
creators_name: Omoigui, L O
creators_name: Rubyogo, J C
creators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Akpo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Ojiewo, C O
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, Nigeria
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Arusha, Tanzania
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Kenya
country: Nigeria
country: Tanzania
country: India
title: Enthusiasm of Actors Within the Groundnut Value Chain Sharing Impact Stories in Uganda
ispublished: pub
subjects: GL1
subjects: s2.13
subjects: s355
subjects: s4004
divisions: CRPS5
divisions: CRPS3
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Grain legume productivity, Smallholder farmers, Impact stories, Multi-stakeholders, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tropical Legumes projects
abstract: 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.
date: 2020
date_type: published
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
place_of_pub: Singapore
pagerange: 57-64
pages: 8
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_4
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-981-15-0844-8
book_title: Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_4
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11606/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_4.pdf