Factors that influence youth participation in milk marketing.

Abstract

Uganda has a population of 31 million, of which 38% live below the poverty line. It is a very young population, with 50% in the 0-14 year age bracket and unsurprisingly, a high population growth rate of 3.6% per annum (FAO & OECD, 2016). Since 1986, the government of Uganda with the support of foreign countries and international agencies has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings (IMF, 2012). After epochs of lack of progress, much of Africa is now undergoing rapid commercial transformation since the mid-1990s (AGRA, 2014). The imperativestarring role of the agricultural sector in contributing to food security and GDP, is mirrored in its prioritization in the growth and development agendas (FAO & OECD, 2016). The greatinfluence of the agricultural sector to GDP also emphasizes the partial diversification of most African economies.