Browsing by Author "Opok, James Bond"

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    “I can make use of a manual water-pump to enhance smart farming”: voices from Lira City, mid-North Uganda
    (International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 2021) Opok, James Bond; Mwesigwa, David
    Smart farming has become a world-wide sensation and Uganda is no exemption to this movement. In Uganda, the impact of climate change presents farmers with new challenges and so is the aggregate demand for food in the country. Farmers, in Uganda, represent the biggest constituency and the situation is less likely to change for many years to come. However, there have been a substantial amount of studies, reports documented as well as investigations being circulated with a consistent inference that there are tenacious dangers facing the farmer in Uganda. Thus, evolving and executing proper policies, guidelines and programmes that are aimed to alleviate dangers facing the farmer need to become a pre-eminence for the government than it presently does. Winning the farmer into water-pump technologies as one of the means to enhancing smart farming is one such optimism seeing that the dry spell is now overriding the wet season and the farmer can no longer rely solely on rain fed agri-production. In this study, we examine the budding potential enshrined in this endeavour by looking at manual water pumping in Ober parish in Lira city, mid-north Uganda. It is concluded that this technology has the prospect of transforming a smallholder farmer into a smart farmer thereby the aggregate output per unit
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    Non-Monetary Rewards and Job Satisfaction among Primary School Teachers in Uganda: a Review of Kole District in Mid-North Uganda
    (South Asian Journal of Development Research, 2020) Okuna, Victor; Opok, James Bond; Mwesigwa, David
    This study aimed to assess the contribution of non-monetary rewards on job satisfaction among primary school teachers in Kole District. Data were collected using documentary analysis. The findings reveal that promotions are rare in Kole District Local Government. Study findings for the second question reveal that recognition does not only motivate regular teachers but also Head teachers in Kole district with a response rate of 65%. And, that 80% of primary school teachers point to personal growth as the major source of non-financial motivation. Majority of the teachers were not satisfied with their job. However, there are issues regarding teamwork, limited promotion opportunities, political interference and apathy. It is recommended that there is need for Kole District to come up with clear promotion procedures, staff development to enhance productivity and promote self-fulfilment. There is a need to improve on supervision of the employees at all levels of the District Council. Funds for training should be made more adequate to meet workers training needs. There is need to provide adequate transportation for official duty. A system that rewards high performance and discourages low and mediocre performance should be put in place. Participation of primary school teachers at Kole District Local Government should be given priority henceforth teachers participation; in the decision-making process must be institutionalized