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Uganda Bureau of Statistics ¤ Plot 9 Colville Street, Kampala Uganda ¤ Website: www.ubos.org Tel: +256(0)-41-4706000 ¤ E-mail: ubos@ubos.or ¤ twitter:@StatisticsUg ¤ WhatsApp: 0750747176 19 THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Livestock-Keeping HHs by Sub-region Busoga sub-region had the highest number of livestock-keeping households of about 0.8

Uganda’s largest livestock production area falls in the mixed rainfed crop-livestock category in the humid and subhumid zone (medium shade of turquoise) across the center of the country. The dark turquoise areas are the mixed rainfed crop-livestock system in the temperate and tropical highland zone, seen in the higher altitude areas of ...

The livestock sector is one of Uganda’s important growth sectors contributing about US $ 290 million to total GDP in 2008/09 up from US $ 210 million in 2007/08. It constitutes 17 percent of the agricultural GDP and is a source of livelihood to about 4.5 million people in the country. The sector is categorized into cattle, goats, ...

The major livestock species in Uganda are; cattle (15 million), sheep (4 million), goats (12.5million), pigs (3.6 million), and poultry (42 million). According to the ASSP 2016/2020, the sector is prioritizing the following livestock products over the medium term: Dairy/milk, Beef, Pork, Mutton, Goat, Poultry, Honey, Silk and Hides and Skins.

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics conducted the National Livestock Census (NLC) 2021 with an overall goal of providing information on the structure and organization of the livestock sector in Uganda. Specifically, the NLC 2021 provides inter alia a

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics conducted the National Livestock Census (NLC) 2021 with an overall goal of providing information on the structure and organization of the livestock sector in Uganda. Specifically, the NLC 2021 provides inter alia a frame for livestock sample surveys; statistics on basic characteristics of livestock, farm infrastructure, farm equipment and machinery as well as ...

Uganda’s National Livestock Census (NLC) results released last month indicate there has been a 27.2% increase in the cattle population, an increase of 54.5% in the chicken population, while the pig population shot up by 100% between 2008 and 2021. ... Cattle population. The national total cattle population is 14.5 million cattle. This is an ...

livestock for this period is 4.39 percent, which is double the African median of 2.2 percent.2,i Consumption of livestock products is projected to more than triple between 2012 and 2050.3 Institutional innovations The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fish-eries (MAAIF) oversees Uganda’s policies and plans for

Uganda has 14.5 million cattle, 17.4 million goats, 4.4 million sheep, 57.8 million poultry and 7.1 million pigs (UBOS 2021). Demand for animal sourced foods is on the rise with market transactions largely in urban areas as self-consumption is dominant in the rural areas. However, production and productivity remain low and farmers continue to ...

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in 2021 conducted the Uganda National Livestock Census in all regions, sub-regions and districts to ascertain the level of livestock development countrywide.

The current status of livestock production in Uganda was reviewed, constraints to it’s development were identified and possible solutions to these constraints so as to enable increased ...

Livestock are an essential agricultural resource for Uganda. Uganda's populations of cattle, goats, and poultry are among the highest among African countries – generally estimated to be in the top quintile. 2 Nomadic pastoralism constitutes the principal livelihood for many households in the northeastern part of Uganda. The landscape of the so-called cattle belt, stretching across the middle ...

The census, carried out in 2021, yielded significant data on the various livestock categories across different regions of Uganda. According to the census findings, Uganda is home to approximately 14.5 million cattle, 17.4 million goats, 4.4 million sheep, 7.1 million pigs, and 2.2 million rabbits.

The 2024 Census reaffirmed that agriculture remains the primary source of income and sustenance for most Ugandans. Approximately 61% of households are engaged in crop production, while 37% are involved in livestock farming. Subsistence farming accounts for 53% of agricultural activities, whereas 17% of households engage in commercial agriculture.

The Karamoja Region of Uganda has often been associated with marked underdevelopment, human food insecurity and malnutrition, and protracted conflict. ... This Evidence Brief summarizes these recent reports and three priority areas for supporting livestock development in Karamoja – reducing the impact of livestock diseases, improving water ...

The majority of households in Uganda are engaged in agriculture About 7 million households in Uganda cultivated land or reared livestock in 2019 (UBOS 2022, Table 2.1). They represented 80 percent of the total households in Uganda (UBOS, 2022, p.3). Agriculture was the main economic activity for most of the heads of those agricultural ...

The Government of Uganda, with support from FAO and USAID, engaged a multitude of stakeholders in a conversation around the knowns and unknowns of the future of the cattle and poultry sectors ...

Uganda’s agricultural ministry is working to boost incomes, expand exports and support local food security through livestock farmer training and access to improved animals. Livestock is an important source of income for more than 80 percent of the households classified as poor in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, more than 50 percent of the households depend […]

Uganda decision makers have to deal with so many uncertainties from multiple directions that prioritizing interventions and holding a straight course prove a daunting task. In the next decades, population growth, urbanization, smart technological innovations and adoptions, increased movements of people and goods, not to mention climate change, will thoroughly transform Uganda society, in ways ...

The livestock census conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and released recently in Kampala, also indicated a five-fold increase in the milk production in the country. The total milk production in 2021 was estimated at 71.7 million litres per week, translating to an annual production of 3.7 billion litres compared to 667.5 million ...