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Entrepreneurship Training for Women to Enhance Entrepreneurship in Uganda

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This research investigates the progress of Ugandan Agribusiness Initiative Trust's program to enhance women's participation in entrepreneurship training in agriculture in northern Uganda.

Entrepreneurship Training for Women to Enhance Entrepreneurship in Uganda

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2FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSExecutive SummaryIntroductionThe purpose of this research work is investigate the progress that has been made by the program began and initiated by Ugandan Agribusiness Initiative Trust. The mandate of this organization is to enhance the participation of women in entrepreneurship training in relation to agriculture in the country, specifically those coming from the northern part of the country. Additional, the paper focuses more on the experiences of offering education for female farmers and looking at specific observations in connection with entrepreneurship activities. Uganda is dominantly an agricultural country where most people depend on agricultural products (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). However, it is believed that the small-scale farmers provide part of the country’s food in terms of commercial and domestic consumption.Several studies have found out that women have taken a lead in the agricultural sector, specifically at the production level, which almost 80% of female farmers practice agriculturalfarming on the land, and only around 7% of them are, owners of some pieces of land (Denzin and Lincoln, 2011). Women and Entrepreneurship DevelopmentHowever, a number of factors have made women to be dominance in agricultural farming in northern Uganda. These factors include local movement of men from their native setup to urban places as they look for formal jobs, security, among others. These movements leave women in their rural homes and they become those who are responsible for agriculture at the production level. Due to the very important role played by women in agriculture, we have noticed the interests of concerned parties in addressing the consequences that they face (Schoorlemmer, 2007). In making sure that women are adequately informed on the
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