Participatory Project Planning and Performance of Mango Farming Projects in Makueni County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of thisarticle is to vouch for empirical research evidence from PhD thesisto showthe need ofcraftinga working implementationpolicy to enhance mango performance.Thestudysought to determine the influence of participatory project implementation on performance of mango farming projects. A sample of 375 respondents was recruited by multistage sampling technique from a study population of 12,622 mango farmersusing Krejcie and Morgan (1970). Descriptive and inferential data analysis techniques were applied. Null hypothesis which stated that, there is no significant relationship between participatory project implementation and performance of mango projects was tested through F-test and correlation.The results revealed a statisticallysignificant correlation between the two variables at 95% confidence level, Df(2,367) F=3.21, t=6.511,p=0.000<0.05, r = 0.233 and R 2 = 0.082,the null hypothesis was rejected. Based on the findings, the article concludes that mango farmers need a lot of extension services support during implementation time and recommends embracingof participatory project implementationapproach to enhance mango performance.