BEAN STUDY- IDENTIFICATION

BEAN PRODUCT STUDY OVERVIEW (UGANDA)

A Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) study conducted in Uganda in December 2025 on Precooked Dehydrated Beans (Harvguard) and Composite bean flour where both products required structured market activation and consumer acceptability testing to generate robust evidence for improved promotion, uptake, and scale. The study was under the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, working with public and private partners to develop, promote, and scale bean-based innovations across Africa. Through the Scaling for Impact (S4I) initiative, PABRA collaborated with the Food Biosciences and Agribusiness (FBA) Center of the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) under the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) to support the study.

General Summary showing averages, minimum, maximum values [All Districts]

Description	Results
Interview period	10-Dec-2025 to 19-Dec-2025
Number of respondents	234 (Male:81 Female:153)
Number of Subcounties	2
Age of consumers (years)	Avg: 35 Min: 18 Max: 85
Distance (km) to the source of purchase of product	Avg: 1.29 Min: 0.01 Max: 50.00
Quantities (kg) of usual purchase of the product by consumers	Avg: 7.46 Min: 0.00 Max: 260.00

Categorisation of respondents by district [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
2560108	Kampala	117	50.00
2560126	Wakiso	117	50.00
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by sub-counties [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
256010802	Kawempe Division	117	50.00
256012623	Namugongo Division	117	50.00
	Overall	234	100.00

Bean products tasted [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Precooked dehydrated beans	117	50.00
02	Composite Bean Flour/ Porridge	117	50.00
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by sex [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Male	81	34.62
02	Female	153	65.38
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by age groups [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
04	18 - 24 years	51	21.79
05	25 - 34 years	77	32.91
06	35 - 44 years	59	25.21
07	45-54 years	26	11.11
08	55-64 years	14	5.98
09	65 years and beyond	7	2.99
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by levels of education [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
25601	Non-academic (e.g. religious curriculum)	1	0.44
25602	Some primary	37	16.23
25603	Primary certificate	44	19.30
25604	Some secondary	46	20.18
25605	Ordinary certificate	48	21.05
25606	Some advanced secondary	8	3.51
25607	Advanced certificate	21	9.21
25608	Higher learning - university, diploma and higher	23	10.09
	Overall	228	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by marital status [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Single	66	28.21
02	Married	128	54.70
03	Separated or divorced	23	9.83
04	Widowed	17	7.26
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by occupation [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	None	44	18.80
02	Informal	146	62.39
03	Formal	44	18.80
	Overall	234	100.00

Categorisation of respondents by household sizes [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	1-3 members	76	32.48
02	4-6 members	87	37.18
03	7-9 members	60	25.64
04	10 plus members	11	4.70
	Overall	234	100.00

Estimated annual income (UGX) of study respondents [All Districts]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	UGX 500,000 and below	10	4.27
02	UGX 500,001 - 1,000,000	65	27.78
03	UGX 1,000,001 - 6,000,000	100	42.74
04	UGX 6, 000,001 - 20,000,000	18	7.69
05	Above UGX 20 million	2	0.85
98	Prefer not to say	39	16.67
	Overall	234	100.00

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