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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104137
	Smallholder farmers' perceived evaluation of agricultural drought adaptation technologies used in Uganda: Constraints and opportunities
	Mfitumukiza, David 1; Barasa, Bernard 2; Kiggundu, Nicholas 3; Nyarwaya, Amos 4; Muzei, John Paul 4
通讯作者	Mfitumukiza, David
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2020
卷号	177
英文摘要	Many smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas continue to face increasing threats of agricultural drought exacerbated by a rapidly changing climate. This calls for increased understanding of farmers' drought response experiences and perceptions for better agricultural production. This study assessed the smallholder farmers' perceived evaluation of drought adaptation technologies, constraints and opportunities in drought prone districts of Uganda. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using semi-structured questionnaires. The evaluation indicators of the technologies included efficiency, effectiveness, equity, acceptability, urgency and institutional compatibility performance measures. The findings show that among the irrigation technologies, drip irrigation systems were the most efficient, effective, acceptable and urgent performance measures (p < 0 .05). The rainwater harvesting technologies used were perceived to be significant for all the considered performance measures (p < 0 .05). In the agroforestry category, agrisilviculture and agrosilvopastoral were significant (p < 0 .05) for the assessed indicators. The significant constraints were unreliable rainfall, high technology operational costs, limited labour and technical support (p < 0 .05). This study reveals that market prices, efficient use of water, improved labour and time saving are important for adoption and use of drought adaptation technologies. This study provides insights for policy and development planning processes geared towards drought risk reduction measures that are either structural or non-structural.
英文关键词	Drought Adoption Adaptation Irrigation Rainwater harvesting Agroforestry Uganda
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Uganda
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000525299500008
WOS关键词	AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS ; PLANT-GROWTH ; IRRIGATION ; ADOPTION ; STRESS ; VULNERABILITY ; PERCEPTIONS ; PATTERNS ; AFRICA ; TREES
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/318756
作者单位	1.Makerere Univ, Dept Geog Geoinformat & Climat Sci, POB 7062, Kampala, Uganda; 2.Kyambogo Univ, Dept Geog & Social Studies, POB 1, Kampala, Uganda; 3.Makerere Univ, Dept Agr & Biosyst Engn, POB 7062, Kampala, Uganda; 4.FHI 360, POB 5768, Kampala, Uganda
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mfitumukiza, David,Barasa, Bernard,Kiggundu, Nicholas,et al. Smallholder farmers' perceived evaluation of agricultural drought adaptation technologies used in Uganda: Constraints and opportunities[J],2020,177.
APA	Mfitumukiza, David,Barasa, Bernard,Kiggundu, Nicholas,Nyarwaya, Amos,&Muzei, John Paul.(2020).Smallholder farmers' perceived evaluation of agricultural drought adaptation technologies used in Uganda: Constraints and opportunities.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,177.
MLA	Mfitumukiza, David,et al."Smallholder farmers' perceived evaluation of agricultural drought adaptation technologies used in Uganda: Constraints and opportunities".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 177(2020).