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Implications of gender discrimination for household food security among small holder dairy farmers in Nakaloke, Mbale District, Uganda

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Animal Production and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Busitema University, P. O. Box 236, Tororo, Uganda
  • 2Department of Animal Production and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Busitema University, P. O. Box 236, Tororo, Uganda

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 9, Issue (2), Pages 1-11, April,8 (2021)

Abstract

Available evidence shows that there exists a strong mutual relationship between gender discrimination and household food insecurity. Marginalization of women who are believed to be the custodian of household food security has a great influence on the food security status of households in most communities of Uganda. This study was undertaken to determine the implications of gender discrimination for household food security among smallholder dairy farmers in Nakaloke Sub County - Mbale district. Great focus was on the gender roles and their implications for food security, pattern of access to and ownership of production resources by different genders and their decision making powers in terms of use of production resources and the benefits thereof. Primary data was collected from 96 respondents in the 3 parishes of Nakaloke Sub County using questionnaires and it was analyzed using Microsoft excels. On average, 18% men, 49% women, 5% boys and 1% girls participated in all milk production activities. In 27% of the interviewed households, dairy production activities were carried out jointly. Ownership of the production resources was predominantly vested in men; 71% and 81% men owned cattle and land respectively. Decision making powers in terms of use of production resources and the benefits thereof were also predominantly vested in men. Households where men and women jointly shared the livestock production activities produced more litres of milk and were more food secure than households where either men or women performed the activities single handedly. The study also revealed that households were women owned the production resources such as land and cattle were more food secure than those where these resources were owned and controlled by men.

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