Impact of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) initiative on agricultural households: a case study of Kanyangeya, Kasese District

Abstract

The research study was primarily aimed at assessing the impact of OWC activities on the agricultural households; a case was done on Mwase piggery farm. The research study was based on various objectives establishing the impact of OWC activities like impact of provision of farm inputs on output, provision of agricultural information on accessibility to inputs, market provision on income levels of agricultural households. The researcher moved to the field with a questionnaire which he used to interview his respondents that were selected and of which they were the proprietor of the case study project in Kanyangeya parish in Nyamwamba division in Kasese district. The researcher recommended farmers to take on the advice from the different teams if the OWC programs so as to perform to the expectations. Local leaders of Kanyangeya parish Nyamwamba division were encouraged to concentrate on delivering the needs of the people not politicking because it doesn’t develop the society. The researcher further recommended the policy makers especially representatives to follow up the OWC programs in conjunction with the teams so as to know how the program is being implemented. Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) faced a number of challenges such as poor coordination among stakeholders at both National and District levels across the agricultural sector, low quantity and quality inputs, huge losses due to lack of supervision and monitoring of OWC activities, corruption and the elite capture, among others.