Campus Units
Animal Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2010
Journal or Book Title
Livestock Research for Rural Development
Volume
22
Issue
7
First Page
1
Last Page
7
Abstract
Development efforts in lower income countries generally aim to improve the income and nutrition of rural farming households. Frequently development programs train farmers and give them livestock so that those farmers in turn train other farmers and pass on the livestock in the form of offspring. The paper examines the effects of training and facilitation of farmers on livestock development by discussing the differences in performance indicators of three farmer groups. The first group received training and support from a development program, the second group received less training and support from the program and the third group did not receive training or support.
Results show that in some ways training and facilitation is of advantage to the farmers, but sometimes other factors such as the farmers’ resources are limiting to the farmers’ progress.
Rights
LRRD is fully OPEN ACCESS, with no publication charges, on the principle that research findings related to sustainability of farming systems should be freely available in the public domain. Papers may be copied and reprinted freely.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ampaire, Agatha and Rothschild, Max F., "Effects of training and facilitation of farmers in Uganda on livestock development" (2010). Animal Science Publications. 255.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_pubs/255
Comments
This is an article from Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (2010): 1. Posted with permission.