| dc.description.abstract | The study examined the factors that affected the adoption of the Village Agent Retail
Model in Uganda with Lira district as the case study. The study employed a cross
sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. The
target population was the small holder farmers of Lira district, in 3 sub-counties, Ogur,
Amach and Aromo. Purposive sampling technique was applied and a self administered
questionnaire as the tool of data collection and an ANCOVA binary logistic model was
used. SPSS was used for data entry; STATA was used for bivariate analysis and
multivariate analysis. The findings indicated a statistically significant impact of farmer
group membership (odds ratio = 0.280779, p = 0.010), the impact of agricultural input
handouts was not significant (odds ratio = 0.83688, p = 0.822), the results also showed a
statistically significant impact of the distance from the farmer’s home and the stockist
(odds ratio = 0.4063188 p = 0.003) and the impact of farmer capital was found to be
statistically not significant (odds ratio = 1.02616, p = 0.694). The study concluded that
farmer group membership significantly influenced the adoption of the village agent retail
model; existence of projects providing agricultural input handouts no significant impact
on the adoption of the model; the distance from the farmer’s home to the stockist
significantly impacted the adoption of the model and farmer capital had no significant
impact on adoption of the village agent retail model. The recommendations involved
emphasis being put in promoting the village agent retail model amongst farming
communities that are formed into groups; implementation model should be in areas where
there is no presence of projects providing agricultural hand-outs and farming communities
that are far away from the stockist and there should be deliberate efforts that drive at
ensuring that farmers have capital. | en_US |
