| dc.description.abstract | This report consists of five chapters i.e. Introduction, Literature review, Methodology,
Presentation of findings and Conclusion and recommendations. The first two chapters were
largely informed by document review on the related studies which helped in identifying gaps
in the works of previous scholars that this study tried to fill. The third chapter (methodology)
shows how the study findings were achieved from the respondents, in chapter four, the study
findings are presented, discussed and interpreted and then chapter five, conclusions and
recommendations are made.
In the course of this study especially during data gathering, I was able to observe certain key
aspects such as farming is a major source of livelihood for many rural households. Many of
these households are at the risk of being food insecure as they practice rain fed agriculture
which is not so reliable and they also indulge less in alternative income activities which
would have otherwise supplemented agriculture for household food needs, etc. I also noticed
that the households using NaSARRI‘s improved crop varieties were better off than the other
households in terms of; household nutrition, diet diversity and are at less risk of being food
insecure. Majority of them attributed their use of the improved crop varieties to being
knowledgeable about their performance and group dynamics which makes it easier for them
to access the technologies through pooling resources.
Very few challenges were encountered during the study and most of which were resolved
effectively. However I argue NaSARRI to upscale her activities such that it is not only people
in the target community but the entire country. | en_US |
