Uganda: Why Women Involvement in Agricultural Mechanization Remains Low in Northern Uganda

Uganda: Why Women Involvement in Agricultural Mechanization Remains Low in Northern Uganda

[Independent (Kampala)] Gulu -- Low participation of women in agricultural mechanization is emerging as a major concern in northern Uganda, despite increasing adoption of modern farming technologies aimed at boosting commercial agriculture and productivity.

Why women involvement in agricultural mechanization remains low in northern Uganda

A Woman Operating a Hand Tractor in her Farm in Nwoya District. Gulu, Uganda | URN | Low participation of women in agricultural mechanization is emerging as a major concern in northern Uganda, despite increasing adoption of modern farming technologies aimed at boosting commercial agriculture and productivity. After nearly two decades of insurgency, particularly during the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency, agricultural production and livelihoods…