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dc.contributor.authorKUGYENDAIRA, EDWIN
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-23T10:19:28Z
dc.date.available2019-01-23T10:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/5676
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Introduction: Kyegegwa District is a district is located in western Uganda and it is bordered by Kibaale district to the North, Mubende district to the east and Kiruhura district to the south then Kamwenge district to the Southwest and Kyenjojo district to the Northwest. Objective of the study: The general objective of the study was to assess the factors affecting maize production among the people in Kyegegwa district. Specifically, the research sought to establish the level of household maize production in Kyegegwa district, establish the challenges faced by farmers engaged in maize production in Kyegegwa district and suggest solutions towards the challenges facing maize production in Kyegegwa district. Methodology: Data collection methods which were used included; questionnaire survey and Interviewing. Interviews were held with the local farmers in Kyegegwa district. Conclusively, farmers used practiced minimum tillage, practiced and used herbicides as some of the means of increasing maize production. Farmers access to credit and this influences the decision to use inorganic fertilizer. Farmers have also made associations and these can assist in the supply of inputs and credit. I recommended that measures should be put across by the government to ensure that the farmers get farm inputs in time and at a reasonable price in order to enable them produce more crops. This will assist in the building of economy and also address the cases of unemployment experienced especially in the rural areas like Kyegwegwa district. Farmers should use mechanical power that is faster and more efficient than unpaid family labor and animal draught power. Farmers should use government subsidized fertilizer that is cheaper than buying from commercial shops, this will enable them to apply adequate amounts of fertilizer that will lead to increase in maize yieldsen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPRIVATEen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTHE FACTORS AFFECTING MAIZE PRODUCTION AMONG THE PEOPLE IN KYEGEGWA DISTRICTen_US
dc.titleTHE FACTORS AFFECTING MAIZE PRODUCTION AMONG THE PEOPLE IN KYEGEGWA DISTRICTen_US
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation (Undergraduate)en_US


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