Browsing Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences by Issue Date
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Uganda
(Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators, 2002)This brief reviews the major investment and institutional trends in Ugandan public agricultural research since the early 1990s, drawing directly on a new set of survey data collected through the Agricultural Science and ... -
Uganda’s access to the European Union agricultural market: Challenges and opportunities
(Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE, 2003)The last three decades of trade between Uganda and European Union have not benefited Uganda. Generally the annual trade balance has been negative raising the level of Uganda's external debt to US$ 3.68 billion as of June ... -
HIV/AIDS in the fisheries sector in Africa
(Worldfish Center, 2005)Poverty in Africa is still a largely rural phenomenon. Rural economic development is thus critical to poverty alleviation in Africa. Africa’s fisheries can be an engine of growth because there is robust local and international ... -
Promoting food security and sustainable agriculture through facilitated access to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
(Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE, 2006)The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (herein after referred to as the Treaty) is a landmark international agreement for ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture especially ... -
Certified Organic Export Production – Implications for Economic Welfare and Gender Equity amongst Smallholder Farmers in Tropical Africa
(UNCTAD, 2007)Over the last fifteen years the market for certified organic agricultural products has grown from a very low base to reach 1.5-2.5% of total food sales both in North America and the EU, up to 5% in Denmark and Switzerland ... -
Sustainable intensification of agriculture - the role of birds, bees and trees
(Cambridge Conservation Initiative, 2008)Uganda’s population is now above 34.5 million up from about 16 million in the 1991 (UBOS, 2002). The country’s size and in particular arable land upon which people depend however remain constant and is seriously undergoing ... -
Inorganic fertilizer in Uganda- Knowledge gaps, profitability, subsidy, and implications of a national policy
(International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009)Agriculture is at the core of the livelihoods of most rural households in Uganda. It is a major engine for overall economic growth and possibly the single most important pathway out of poverty in the rural space. Although ... -
In Defense of Farmers’ and Community Rights: Justifying their Inclusion in Uganda’s Plant Variety Protection Legislation
(Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE, 2010)In 2008, it was reported that President Museveni directed that issues of community rights (which in certain respects also include farmers’ rights) should be removed from the draft Plant Variety Protection Bill. There is ... -
Improving smallholder farmer adoption of climate smart agriculture practices
(Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2010)The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), with CIAT, Sustainable Food Lab and Rainforest Alliance, are ... -
Investing in orphan crops to improve food and livelihood security of Uganda’s rural poor
(Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE, 2011)This policy research paper is an analysis of the extent to which Uganda’s food and agricultural-related policies and policy frameworks support the production and wider use of orphan crops in national development. Its major ... -
Towards Equitable Agriculture Development in Uganda: A look at the Terms of Trade amongst Stakeholders
(CUTS International Geneva, 2011)Between 2000 and 2008, the share of agriculture in GDP fell rapidly while that of industry registered impressive growth rates in Uganda. Whilst this decline is mainly on account of growth in other sectors, it is also true ... -
Promoting Agriculture Sector Growth and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Uganda’s Political Party Manifestos (2011-2016)
(Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE, 2011)This paper is an analytical comparison of the promises made by Uganda’s different political parties in their manifestos (2011 – 2016) with regard to the measures proposed to address the challenges facing the agriculture ... -
Addressing Gender Gaps in the Ugandan Labor Market
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2011)Four out of every five women in Uganda are employed in agriculture, according to the 2008 Gender and Productivity Survey (GPS) in Uganda (EPRC, 2009); and 42 percent of women in the labour force are unpaid family ... -
Trade opportunities from the EU-ACP EPAs: Prospects for the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables subsector in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2011)With the signing of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in January 2009, Uganda as a member of the ACP, should endeavour to re-strategize itself to benefit from the opportunities such trading blocks create ... -
Trade opportunities from the EU-ACP EPAs: Prospects for the flower sub-sector in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2011)With the signing of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in 2009, the Government of Uganda as a member of the ACP, should endeavour to re-strategize itself to benefit from the opportunities such trading blocks ... -
Gender Policy Brief for Uganda’s Agriculture Sector
(Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), 2012)The Government’s vision for the agriculture sector is to transform the sector from a peasantry farming system to commercial agriculture through improved productivity and production as well as market access. This policy ... -
Who Owns the Land: Perspectives from Uganda
(United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2012)Rapid growth of demand for agricultural land is putting pressure on property rights systems, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where customary tenure systems have provided secure land access. Patterns of gradual, endogenous ... -
The challenges of the Private Sector Driven Veterinary Extension Services Delivery in the Dairy Sector in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2012)The privatization of veterinary extension services delivery in Uganda opened more opportunities for the private sector in the provision of extension services and supply of essential inputs demanded by a growing and more ... -
Access and Use of Credit in Uganda: Unlocking the Dilemma of Financing Small Holder Farmers
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2012)This policy brief is about access and use of credit in Uganda by small holder farmers. The brief uses the secondary data to shed light on the extent of the problem and further uses successful case studies in agricultural ... -
What factors determine membership to farmer groups in Uganda? Evidence from the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/9
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2012)While government of Uganda and its development partners are targeting farmer groups as the vehicle for agricultural development, there is limited empirical evidence on what drives membership to these groups. Using the ...
