Smallholder Farmers' Access and Use of Scientific Climatic Forecast Information in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda

Subject Areas : Information Technology in Agriculture

Narisi Mubangizi ¹ , Florence Kyazze ² , Paul Mukwaya ³

1 - Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
2 - Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
3 - Department of Geography, Geo-informatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Received: 2017-06-10 Accepted : 2017-07-30 Published : 2018-03-01

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