Rural communities in
sub-Saharan Africa develop different livelihood strategies driven by
opportunities and constraints encountered in existing biophysical and
socioeconomic environments. A study on gender effects under two market linkages
on investments in soil conservation innovations in potato production systems
was conducted in the highlands of southwestern Uganda. There were significant
differences in land size under fallow belonging to Male Headed Households
(MHHs) and Female Headed Households (FHHs) with urban and non-urban market
linkages (p < 0.05). None the less both
FHHs and MHHs had more land under fallow. This was attributed to the trainings
farmers obtained in the control of bacterial wilt of potato through integrating
fallow period in the potato cropping systems. Under urban and non-urban market
linkages, there were no significant differences in percentage distribution of
potato fields for MHHs and FHHs without soil conservation structure (p > 0.05). This was attributed
to limited land holdings owned by farmers that are intensively cultivated.
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