Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda
Keywords:
Smallholder farmer, rice postharvest losses, perceived magnitude of loss, perceived ability to reduce losses, UgandaAbstract
Postharvest losses (PHLs) are a threat to efforts aimed at ensuring food and income security. This study aimed at contributing to the efforts to reduce PHLs through examining smallholder farmers’ perceptions about level of PHLs in Eastern Uganda. A descriptive cross sectional survey involved 83 farmers in focus group discussions and 150 individual household interviews. Principal component analysis and logistic regression were used to establish the determinants of farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs. Results indicate that farmers perceive 66% of the losses occurred at the stages of harvesting, heaping and threshing through spillage. Quality deterioration was perceived to be highest at harvesting and drying. Farmers’ perceived ability to reduce PHLs was lowest at those stages where the losses were highest. This implies that the losses are likely to remain high unless farmers’ mindset about their control beliefs is enhanced. Farmers perceived ability to reduce PHLs is significantly influenced by potential for expansion of rice production, awareness of the modes through which losses occur and ways in which rice is used at household level and household characteristics. Any interventions to reduce PHLs should focus on mobilizing and coordinating farmers into commercial rice production and mind shift through intensifying sensitization.References
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Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behaviour. Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211.
Alliance of African Green Revolution-[AGRA]. (2014). Africa Agriculture Status report. Climate change and smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Issue No 2 ISSN 2313-5387.
APHLIS, (2012). A transitional network of cereal grain experts. Estimated postharvest losses- 2003-2015. Available on http://www.aphlis.net.
Appiah, F., Guisse, R., & Dartey, P. K. A. (2011). Postharvest losses of rice from harvesting to milling in Ghana. Journal of stored products and postharvest research, 2(4), 64-71.
Candia, A., & Masette. M. (2012). Physical quality and safety assessment of selected varieties of local paddy and milled rice processed by cottage rice mills in Uganda. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 13(2), 127-138
Elepu, G., & Dalipagic, I. (2014). Agriculture value chain analysis in Northern Uganda. Action against Hunger.
European Cooperative for Rural Development-[EUCORD]. (2012). Rice Sector Development in East Africa: A desk study prepared for the Common Fund for Commodities March 2012.
Food and Agriculture Organization-[FAO]. (2011). Global food losses and food Waste-Extent, causes and prevention. Rome.
Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO]. (2014). The State of Food and Agriculture: Innovation in family farming: Food and Agriculture Organization of the united nations Rome.
Hodges, R. J., Buzby, J. C., & Bennett, B. (2011). Postharvest losses and waste in developed and less developed countries: Opportunities to improve resource use. Journal of Agricultural Science, 149(1), 37-45.
Issa, F. O. (2016). Farmers Perception of the Quality and Accessibility of Agrochemicals in Kaduna and Ondo States of Nigeria: Implications for Policy. Journal of Agricultural Science, 20(1), 81-95. Http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v20i1.7
Kagbu, J. H., Omokore, D. F., & Akpoko, J. G. (2016). Adoption of Recommended Rice Production Practices among Women Rice Farmers in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 20(1), 107-120. Http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v20i1.9
Kaiser, H. F. (1960). The application of electronic computers to factor analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20, 141-151.
Kiaya, V. (2014). Postharvest losses and strategies to reduce them. Action Contre la Faim (ACF).
Kijima, Y., Otsuka, K., & Sserunkuuma, D. (2008). Assessing the impact of NERICA on income and poverty in central and western Uganda. Agricultural Economics, 38(3), 327-337.
Martins, A. G., Goldsmith, P., & Moura, A. (2014). Managerial factors affecting postharvest loss: The case of Mato Grosso Brazil. International Journal of Agricultural Management, 3(4), 200-209.
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], (2011). Statistical Abstract 2011, Entebbe, Uganda.
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], (2012). Uganda National Rice Development Strategy, 2008-2018. Kampala-Uganda.
Nakazi, F., & Sserunkuuma, D. (2013). Factors Affecting the Decision and Extent of Rice-milling before Sale among Ugandan Farmers. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 3(8), 576-583.
Nijbroek, R. C., & Andelman, S. J. (2016). Regional sustainability for agricultural intensification: a spatial analysis of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 14(2), 231-247.
Odogola, R. W. (2006). Japan International Cooperation Agency, (JICA) in collaboration with Sasakawa Africa Association Uganda. Final survey report on the status of rice production, processing and marketing in Uganda Submitted to the embassy of Japan in Uganda through JICA and Sasakawa Africa Association-Uganda, 31st March, 2006.
Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th ed) New York. Journal of Agricultural Extension Education, 1(15),1-6.
Rugumamu, C. P. (2009). Assessment of post-harvest technologies and gender relations in maize loss reduction in Pangawe village eastern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 35, 1-76.
Seline, S. M., Delia, C., Oluyede, C. A., Gudeta, W. S., & Maarten, N. (2015). The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agro forestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 13(1), 40-54.
Tiamiyu, S. A., Akintola, J. O., & Rahji, M. A.Y. (2009) “Technology adoption and productivity difference among growers of New Rice for Africa in Savanna zone of Nigeriaâ€. Vol. 27, Vol. 4, pp. 193-197.
Tokida, K., Haneishi, Y., Tsuboi, T., Asea, G., & Kikuchi, M. (2014). Evolution and prospects of the rice mill industry in Uganda. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 9(33), 2560-2573.
Uganda Bureau of Statistics-[UBOS], (2014). National Population and Housing Census 2014. Provisional Results. Revised Edition. November 2014, Kampala-Uganda.
World Bank, (2011). Missing food: The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Report No. 60371-AFR. April 2011, Washington D.C.
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2017-05-31
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Ssebaggala, G. L., Kibwika, P., Kyazze, F. B., & Karubanga, G. (2017). Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 21(2). Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/1033
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