http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11607 2020-09-07T08:59:37Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/11607/ Empowered Communities Tell Their Own Stories from Common Bean Production in Uganda Akpo, E Ojiewo, C O Omoigui, L O Rubyogo, J C Varshney, R K Smallholder Farmers Genetics and Genomics Legume Crops Sub-Saharan Africa Most smallholder farmers in Uganda often opt to farm the more popular crops which include coffee, plantain, cassava, sweet potatoes, and maize. Smallholder bean farming in Uganda is however overtaking the crops as farmers are seeing the potential that bean farming possesses. Women in the traditional Ugandan setting are considered as care givers and are tasked with ensuring food security. In Northern Uganda for instance, women are not entitled to inheriting land. When it comes to land sharing, women are only allowed to endorse the sharing. They are however given a portion where they can plant crops they can utilize in the household. The Tropical Legumes projects however strived to eradicate the stereotype that exists with the position of women in production for commercial purposes Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/11607/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_5.pdf Akpo, E and Ojiewo, C O and Omoigui, L O and Rubyogo, J C and Varshney, R K (2020) Empowered Communities Tell Their Own Stories from Common Bean Production in Uganda. In: Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 65-75. ISBN 978-981-15-0844-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_5 doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_5 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage