Re-thinking on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods of the farmers in Kanungu District, Uganda
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2022
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Turyasingura, Benson
Ayiga, Natal
Benzougagh, Brahim
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Worldwide, land degradation reduces the productivity of agricultural land by roughly 75%. Land degradation has made it difficult for people to make a living in Uganda, one of the world's poorest nations. Land degradation in Uganda poses a severe danger to rural populations' ability to support themselves and little effort has been done. The primary natural resource used by humans for economic, social, infrastructure, and other human endeavors is land. Land resources are so crucial in determining rural livelihoods, and the absence of sustainable land management techniques results in land degradation. Results: The study findings proved that there was a significant positive relationship between the effects of land degradation and the livelihoods of farmers (p 0.01, r =.530**) in Kanungu District, which suggests that adoption of new seed varieties which can withstand harsh climatic conditions, strengthening agricultural reforms, and agroforestry would improve the livelihoods of local farmers to improve their savings and production of quality crop products. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis was therefore accepted and it was concluded that "There is a significant relationship between land degradation and the livelihoods of farmers in Kanungu District
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land degradation, Kanungu District, rural livelihoods, agricultural reforms
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Turyasingura, B., Ayiga, N., & Benzougagh, B. (2022). Re-thinking on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods of the farmers in Kanungu District, Uganda.