December 2015

The contribution of rural institutions to rural development: Study of smallholder farmer groups and NGOs in Uganda

In this article, the results of the quantitative data analysis are presented. Through a case study, the contribution of NGOs and smallholder farmer groups as sample rural institutions is examined in addressing four main objectives of improving health, education, agriculture as well as improving industry. The study involved 87 respondents from 40 organizations (19 NGOs and 21 Smallholder farmer groups) from central...

Author(s): Patrick Nalere, Milton Yago and Kenny Oriel