| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed at investigating the Contribution of National
Agricultural Advisory Services to Rural Women Household
Development in Olio Sub County, Serere District.
The objectives of this study included to ascertain the benefits
of NAADS Program to rural women, find out the challenges faced by
rural women in implementing the NAADS Program and identify
strategies that will improve implementation of the NAADs Program.
The study was carried out using a case study design and targeted
51 respondents including 44 rural women household, 3 technical
staff, 2 area local councilors, 1 sub- accountant, and 1 top sub
county administrator. Purposeful and random sampling methods were
used to get the sample from which the researcher collected data
using questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion.
The data collected was coded, edited and analyzed qualitatively
and quantitatively and presented in tabular form, use of pie
charts and bar graphs.
The major findings of the study were that in spite of the major
challenges of NAADS like late supply of inputs, slow adoption of
modern farming technologies, unfair selection of beneficiaries,
lack of close supervision and improper storage facilities faced
by the rural women households in Olio Sub County, those who
benefited from the Program had their household incomes improved
and gained skills from the NAADS trainings. Among the strategies
that would help improve the implementation of NAADS Program
included timely supply of inputs and technologies, adoption of
modern farming methods, fair selection of beneficiaries, improved
storage facilities and road networks among others. The major
conclusions arrived at were that there was need to improve on the
administration of NAADS activities because it was an important
aspect that determined the performance of the Program.
Among the key recommendations the researcher came up with, NAADS
should hire more qualified and professional personnel to help in
the selection of beneficiaries. The researcher also recommended
that the government should use a bottom-top approach to
programming in order to involve grassroots Program beneficiaries
in the planning and implementation of a community Program for a
community ownership and sustainability of the Program | en_US |
