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    Determinants of fruit tree adoption as a climate change adaptation strategy amongst smallholder farmers in Lake Kyoga Basin: A Case study of Budaka District, Eastern Uganda
    (Wiley, 2025-07-10) Wambede, Nabalegwa M.; Kiconco, Milliam; Ewongu, Denis; Mulabbi, Andrew; Tweheyo, Robert; Mukisa, Geoffrey
    This study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of fruit tree adoption amongst smallholder farmers in Budaka District, Eastern Uganda. Specific objectives included describing the characteristics of fruit tree gardens, mapping their spatial distribution, and analysing socioeconomic factors influencing adoption. This study is one of the first empirical studies in agroforestry to relate socioeconomic factors in Eastern Uganda to the spatial distribution of fruit trees. The study employed a combined approach incorporating GIS-based spatial mapping and socioeconomic analysis. A cross-sectional design was employed, with data collected from 276 randomly selected farmers, key informants, and focus groups. GIS was used to visualise the spatial patterns and descriptive statistics, and chi-square tests were applied to identify differences between adopters and nonadopters. Results indicated that fruit farming is predominantly undertaken by males aged 40 and above. Fruit tree distribution is concentrated in the north and northwest, grown on small holdings averaging 0.5 acres with 10–40 trees. Chi-square tests confirmed significant differences in age, labour type, farm size, and income between adopters and nonadopters, whilst there were no significant differences in gender, family size, and access to credit. Policy interventions should expand youth- and gender-inclusive extension services that support climate resilience and sustainable fruit tree farming, and address land tenure limitations to increase adoption.
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    Factors affecting the adoption of soil and water conservation practices by small-holder farmers in Muyembe Sub-County, Eastern Uganda
    (University of Ghana, 2022-03-14) Turyahabwe, Remigio; Wambede, Nabalegwa Muhamud; Asaba, Joyfred; Mulabbi, Andrew; Turyabanawe, Loy Gumisiriza
    Farmers in tropical rural areas are confronted with several challenges but outstanding among these challenges is soil degradation arising from soil erosion. This study involved identifying the dominant soil and water conservation practices and assessing the factors affecting their adoption in the Muyembe sub-county, Eastern Uganda. A total of 500 respondents were used to obtain primary data. As the study adopted a crosssectional design, we used questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions and field observations to collect the required data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the non-parametric (Chi-square) test. The results indicated that the dominant soil and water conservation practices adopted in the study area were, contour cropping (77%), mixed cropping (59% and crop rotation (51%). The remaining five practices had less than a 50% adoption rate. The chi-square test revealed that the age and gender of the farmers had a significant association with the levels of the adoption of soil and water conservation practices among farmers at P<0.001. We concluded that the adoption of soil and water conservation practices was low, which left the majority of farmers vulnerable to soil erosion effects such as low yields and crop failure. We recommend that stakeholders who work on soil and water conservation programs use model farmers in the area to educate and demonstrate the importance of soil and water conservation practices to other farmers.