10.Case studies

Picture courtesy of Roger Reuver

In 2018 EWS- Knowledge Transfer and the ISSD Plus program of Wageningen University & Research started a partnership to introduce better horticultural skills to northern Uganda. A unique case study and video have been developed to document the uptake of improved knowledge in the farming communities - as well as offering insight to the potential future.

Some key findings of “Adoption processes of good horticultural practices in northern Uganda”, undertaken by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation shows:

More than 400 farmer training sites established 7000 farmers were trained (half of them women) Over 30% of farmers had already started adopting some new practices Farmers are able to earn 5X their investment in the dry season.

The case study looks closely at at how and why adoption takes place and documents farmers’ impressions - many of whom are for the first time now profitably growing vegetables. A short video can be viewed here

Another case study jointly supported by EWS-KT and Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, looked at the potential value of vegetables to smallholder farmers in Tanzania. The case study can be downloaded from the following link.