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Table 9 Functions of farmer organizations

From: Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda

Service/technology received from farmers organization

Male-headed households

Female-headed households

f

Responses, %

f

Responses, %

Labor exchange/shared labor

10

7.5

5

13.9

Planting material (seeds, cuttings, suckers, vines)

32

24.1

8

22.2

Loans (cash, household items, seeds) and savings

28

21.1

10

27.8

Training on modern farming methods

36

27.1

9

25.0

Farm animals (chicken, turkey, goats, bee hives)

10

7.5

0

0.0

Source market for the farmers produce

7

5.3

1

2.8

Farm equipment (hand hoes, watering cans, spray pumps, axe, machete)

7

5.3

1

2.8

Agrochemicals (fertilizers and pesticides)

3

2.3

2

5.6

Total

133a

100.0

36a

100.0

  1. aTotal number of responses (f) may be more than 100 due to multiple responses.