Relevance of informal institutions for achieving sustainable crop intensification in Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationOlam International Ltden
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of the Netherlandsen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierPiet van Asten: 0000-0003-0584-3552
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0754-3en
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1876-4517en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalFood Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaGENDERen
cg.subject.iitaNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorYami, M.en
dc.contributor.authorAsten, Piet J.A. vanen
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-04T15:35:26Zen
dc.date.available2018-06-04T15:35:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/93028
dc.titleRelevance of informal institutions for achieving sustainable crop intensification in Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractInformal institutions play an important role in the socio-cultural lives of rural communities in Uganda. However, little attention is given in research and development to understanding the influence of informal institutions in efforts to achieve Sustainable Crop Intensification (SCI). Such evidence is, however, pertinent to addressing low crop productivity by designing and implementing interventions that take into account the socio-cultural and institutional barriers and opportunities for SCI. This paper analyzes the influence of informal institutions on farmers’ access to land resources, financial resources, and farm inputs. The analysis is based on qualitative and quantitative data collected between January and May 2015 using 61 in-depth interviews, field surveys with 120 farmers and 18 gender-segregated focus group discussions in Eastern and Southwestern Uganda. Results indicate that informal institutions play a central role in enhancing farmers’ investment in SCI interventions by facilitating access to land through inheritance, land rentals, and labor sharing arrangements, although they are biased against non-clan members and female members of the communities. Informal institutions also enable access to financial resources by farmers at lower transaction cost compared to formal financial institutions. Yet, the informal institutions face challenges related to poor rule enforcement and limited financial reserves. The contribution of informal institutions in improving farmers’ access to (i) external farm inputs, (ii) serving as forums for knowledge sharing and (iii) regulating quality of farm inputs is minimal. Findings imply that development interventions could benefit from using informal institutions as entry points for investment in SCI and building on institutions’ strengths in influencing access to land and financial resources. Policies and programs that promote the SCI approach need to recognize the role of informal institutions for increased implementation and impact.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-01-26
dcterms.bibliographicCitationYami, M. & van Asten, P. (2018). Relevance of informal institutions for achieving sustainable crop intensification in Uganda. Food Security, 1-10.en
dcterms.extentp. 141-150en
dcterms.issued2018-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectcropsen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectgender equityen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.subjectcustomary land tenureen
dcterms.subjectrule enforcementen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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