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dc.contributor.authorOpio, Maxwell
dc.contributor.authorMwesigwa, David
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-27T16:51:53Z
dc.date.available2021-06-27T16:51:53Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationOpio, M., & Mwesigwa, D. (2021). Embracing drip irrigation technology to stimulate smart farming: A study in Dokolo District, mid-north Uganda. 9(2), 7.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/123456789/281
dc.description.abstractThis study was intended to investigate the potential of embracing drip irrigation technology as a strategy to stimulating smart farming in Dokolo district. We adopted a descriptive design on one of the farms that has employed the technology benefiting approximately 80 community members. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and observations and it was analysed using a thematic analysis based on the key aspects that emerged in the study. The outcomes suggest that the merger of key beneficiaries, the irrigation system, architecture and the solar power station have the potential of translating farming communities in Dokolo district into smart farmers even if the initial cost as well as cost of maintenance are very high thus the need for government to subsidise farmers during importation of such machinery. These outcomes may be used as contributions for the mid-north farming communities to benchmark and seek means of adopting group-based irrigation schemes for continuity and higher crop yields. This paper contributes to available knowledge by emphasising the centrality of irrigation in the era of longer periods of drought that continue to disappoint farmers country-wide.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovationsen_US
dc.subjectIrrigationen_US
dc.subjectsmart farmingen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectsolar poweren_US
dc.titleEmbracing drip irrigation technology to stimulate smart farming: a study in Dokolo District, mid-north Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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