Pearl millet socioeconomic and production characteristics in uganda / Geofrey Lubbade ... [et al.]

Contents
Section 1
Introduction
Research statement
Objectives
Research methodology
Section 2 Demography
Age of heads of house hold members
Gender of house hold members
Marital status and relation to house hold members
Education level of the house hold members
Section 3 Socioeconomic capital and technology adoption
Access to credit
Source of financial credit
Reasons for accessing financial credit and related transaction
Access to agricultural training
Section 4 Importance and utilization of pearl millet
Importance of pearl millet in terms of cultivation frequency and being food security crop
Importance of pearl millet relative o other crops
Changes of crop value and reason for the changes
Uses and utilization of the pearl millet

Section 5. Agronomic characteristics
Types of pearl millet varieties planted by farmers
Season or time of planting pearl millet
Pearl millet planting methods
Productivity and seed rates

Section 6. Desirable and undesirable pearl millet traits
Traits of pearl millet genotypes grown by farmers
Undesirable traits of the cultivated pearl millet
Attributes to be introduced

Section 7 Factors of production in the pearl cropping system
Crop production input
Area planted ,coast of seed and sources of seeds
Access to agricultural equipment

Section 8 Post harvest handling of pearl millet and fate of grain
Harvesting ,drying and threshing
Storage of pearl millet

Section 9 Pearl millet production constrains and coping strategies
Field constrains and control strategies
Marketing constrains,control strategies and access to markets
Storage constrain and control strategies

Includes bibliographical references(p.80-89)