TIERRA: Occupational Risk Assessment Tool Applied to Coffee Farming in Uganda

TIERRA is a context-sensitive tool for prioritizing occupational risks in agriculture, developed by Hannah Wey and applied in a case study with smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda's Mbale District. The tool inventoried 80 occupational hazards, with 31 stakeholders rating 59 relevant hazards across six categories. Results prioritized 23 hazards, with 'Contact with a pesticide' receiving the highest overall risk score.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing occupational hazards based on stakeholder-rated likelihood and severity scores
• Developing tailored farmer surveys and training materials based on identified risk categories
• Adapting the participatory risk assessment methodology for other agricultural contexts

Strengths

• Tool development involved an inventory of 80 occupational hazards reviewed by local experts.
• Case study includes ratings from 31 stakeholders on 59 hazards relevant to smallholder coffee farmers.
• Results identify 23 prioritized hazards across six distinct categories.

Limitations

• Dataset scale is limited to a 44.1 KB document file; row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Data reflects a specific case study in Mbale District, Uganda, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Hannah Wey via figshare

Collection Method

Participatory process involving hazard inventory, expert review, and stakeholder Delphi workshop.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:01:09

Geography

Mbale District, Uganda