Women involvement in use of ethnomedicinal products in Masaka and Mpigi Districts, Uganda

dc.contributor.authorNjoroge, Njeri Grace
dc.contributor.authorBwogi, Vianney Godfrey
dc.contributor.authorMurongo, Marius Fabian
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T15:22:19Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T15:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractIntroduction - Cooked bananas, also known as matooke, are the main source of food in Uganda’s Central, Western, and Mt. Elgon regions. Recently, the production of bananas has been seriously threatened by numerous pests and illnesses. Nematodes and banana weevils are major pests, and bacterial infections and panama wilt are the most common diseases. There hasn’t been sufficient research that address women’s engagement in the usage of biorationals in the study area. A study that was conducted in the Central Ugandan districts of Masaka and Mpigi assessed the extent to which women used biorationals to treat pests and diseases that affects bananas, as well as farmers’ assessments of how efficient these treatments were. Methodology - Using both quantitative and qualitative data, social economic approaches were applied. A structure questionnaire and key informant interviews were used. A logistic model was used to determine the farmers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of biorationals in getting rid of banana weevils. The survey’s sample size was 144 house-holds, or one hundred forty-four. Organic farmers were identified using snow ball sampling, while the remain-ing farmers were chosen using a random sampling technique. The sample was chosen using an undisclosed population sampling method Results & Discussion - According to the logistic model, women were more likely than men to consider biorationals to be effective. Knowledge (awareness) of the product played a key role in farmers’ perception of and use of biorationals goods. Farmers with a secondary education embraced and evaluated the usage of biorationals as being extremely important Conclusion - According to this approach, women’s participation, farmers’ training in banana production, and the usage of livestock products are all crucial issues that need to be addressed in order to increase the use of biorationals in banana production.en_US
dc.identifier.otherBook of Abstracts - https://ea-agroecologyconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Boook-of-Abstracts-3-digital.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/3031
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEcological Organic Agriculture - Growing Sustainabilityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1st Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference;Transforming Food Systems for Responsible Production, Consumption and Social Wellbeing
dc.subjectWomen involvementen_US
dc.subjectGender ethnomedicinal productsen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.subjectLogistic regressionen_US
dc.subjectPerceived effectivnessen_US
dc.titleWomen involvement in use of ethnomedicinal products in Masaka and Mpigi Districts, Ugandaen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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