Post-Graduate Dissertations (Education)

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    Assessing the Challenges of Beneficiary Participation in Community-Based Projects: A Case Study of Sustainable Agricultural Project by Caritas Lugazi Diocese.
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2009) Nakimuli, Florence Ssemukyu
    NAKIMULI FLORENCE SSEBUKYU (2009-M091-10012) Assessing the Challenges of Beneficiary Participation in Community-Based Projects: A Case Study of Sustainable Agricultural Project by Caritas Lugazi Diocese. The study was carried out to assess the challenges of beneficiary participation in community-based projects. The researcher used a case study as a research design. Eighteen farmer groups, the project team at the diocese, District Agricultural Officers, farmer leaders at association and parish level from excelling model farmers in the project were selected by clustering and purposively sampling in order to represent each of the three parishes in Lugazi diocese that have been beneficiaries of the Sustainable Agriculture Project. The research focused on three major questions: What challenges are faced when beneficiaries participate in community-based projects? What is the effect of these challenges on community-based projects? What strategies can be laid to limit encountering these challenges? To round up the above, the researcher collected views from farmer groups in the three beneficiary parishes of the project under investigation, from the project leadership in Caritas Lugazi and other key stake holders; she used semi-structured interview guide, observation and focus group discussion interview guide preceded by stratified and purposive sampling to gather information. The research findings revealed that there is a relation between the management style of the project and challenges encountered from beneficiary participation under community-based projects. It also revealed that there is a relationship between power and participation of beneficiaries. The major effect of this is that the more the power and the more democratic the management style of the project, the more the effective participation of the beneficiaries while the less the challenges of beneficiary participation. The research recommended that for effective participation of the beneficiaries, there is a need to build the capacity of the community and to hand over the stick to the beneficiaries in that the project staff from the implementing agency remain mere catalysts. Key Words: Projects, Community, Sustainable, Agricultural
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    Contribution of Fiscal Decentralisation on Agricultural Extension Service Delivery in Busiu Sub-County in Mbale District.
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2008) Mutuwa, Mabonga Reginah
    MUTUWA MABONGA REGINAH (2008-03 MA-PTR-068) Contribution of Fiscal Decentralisation on Agricultural Extension Service Delivery in Busiu Sub-County in Mbale District Fiscal decentralisation is a recent system of governance with a multi sectoral approach. This study sought to assess the contribution of fiscal decentralisation on agricultural extension service delivery in Busiu sub-county in Mbale district. The study adopted a case study research design in which questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect data from officers and staff in the Agriculture Department; local council leaders and farmers in the area of study. The results of the study indicate that majority (92%) of the respondents disagreed that farmers participate in the decision-making process of issues concerning agricultural extension services. The findings further indicated that the majority (88%) of the respondents disagreed that fiscal decentralisation has contributed towards provision of advisory and information services to the farmers in Busiu sub-county. The findings also indicate that there are several challenges that hinder effective implementation agricultural extension service delivery and these include inconsistent release of funds, lack of transparency and failure to involve farmers. The major conclusion of the study was that fiscal decentralisation has had a low contribution towards farmer participation in decision-making on issues of agricultural extension services delivery in Busiu sub-county of Mbale district. The study recommends among other things, that policy makers and administrators in agriculture at various levels should critically plan for capacity building of the members of farmer groups to help them manage and implement programmes in their jurisdiction in a systematic manner. Key words: Decentralisation, Decentralization, Extension, Agricultural, Service
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    Extension for Empowerment: An Analysis of the Role of Agricultural Extension in Masaka District: A Case Study of Kkingo Sub-County.
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2007) Lutaaya, Ferdinand
    LUTAAYA FERDINAND (2007-MO93-10103) Extension for Empowerment: An Analysis of the Role of Agricultural Extension in Masaka District: A Case Study of Kkingo Sub-County This research study was about the role of extension services in empowering farmers in Masaka district, a case study of Kkingo sub-county. The major objective of the research was to explore the role of extension services in empowering farmers. The specific objectives of the study were: to study whether extension services empower farmers to decide on the type of advisory services they need to improve production; to examine how extension services empower farmers to build capacity to increase production; to investigate whether extension services empower farmers to adopt improved technologies in order to boost production; and to scrutinise the ways extension services provide farmers with market availability information needed for increased production. The research was a case study that employed qualitative methods of collecting and analysing data. Key findings showed that extension services mainly targeted groups of farmers and those who could afford to pay for the services, buy and maintain improved technology and left out the individual small-scale farmers. The conclusion from the study was that extension services to a certain extent empowered farmers in the areas of choice of advisory services, capacity building and use of improved technology to increase production but the same services did not empower farmers with market information which they need to improve on their incomes. The researcher recommended the mobilisation of all farmers into groups so as to have a common and strong voice, market their products collectively, employing extension staff on contract basis so as to monitor their performance regularly, more facilitation of extension staff, and repackaging capacity building of farmers to target every small-scale farmer. Key words: Empowerment, Extension, Agriculture, Agricultural