Antecedents of Transfer of Post-Harvest Handling Training among Small Scale Bean Grain Farmers in Uganda
Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the role of transfer factors in influencing the transfer of post-harvest handling training among bean grain farmers, and what differences in the perceptions of the transfer factors existed among participants of varying demography. Methodology: A sample survey of 301 responded to the Learning Transfer Systems Inventory (LTSI) following translation to a local dialect. Independent T-test, hierarchical multivariate regression, and MANOVA were used to answer the specific issues of the study. Results: Transfer levels of post-harvest training were high, with women having a significantly higher training transfer than men. ‘Motivation to transfer’, and ‘performance self-efficacy’ significantly predicted the outcomes. Participants of primary education rated themselves highly on ‘personal capacity to transfer’ compared to more educated farmers, while participants of 18 to 35 years rated themselves high on ‘readiness to learn’ compared to their elders.
