| dc.description.abstract | Due to the fact that Uganda’s population is dominated by the youth in the average age group of 18-35 years and are highly faced by the challenge of unemployment, the study was conducted in Kebison and Buyanja sub counties of Rukungiri District, South Western Uganda to assess the adoption and effects of improved tomato varieties on tomato profitability among youth farmers. Data was collected using a questionnaire survey method. The method involved the use of a SelfAdministered Questionnaire (SAQ). The adoption status of improved tomato variety was found very low. Considering all the improved varieties that are cultivated in the study area, money maker was the most adopted, followed by marglobe, and boney best. Among the factors that highly influence the adoption are type of tomato variety grown, number of years spent in school, and sex of the youth farmers. Youth farmers’ consciousness about improved tomato cultivation was found increasing. Major reasons in favor of improved tomato cultivation were higher yields, thick fruit skin, large size, long durability and high price due to attractive color and size. The farmers of improved tomato adopters facing several problems like non-availability of quality seed, unfavorable weather, good quality fertilizer and insecticide for tomato cultivation. High price of inputs was recorded as one of the major problem to the tomato farmers | en_US |
