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Uganda’s biggest agricultural problems Saturday, May 12, 2018 — updated on January 06, 2021 ... Agriculture is the science of growing crops and rearing animals for food and income.

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The challenges of agriculture in Uganda are quite many but the driving factors in our view were issues associated with infertile soils. By 2013, the loss of Uganda’s Gross National Product (GNP) arising from land degradation practices was evaluated in the range of 4–12%, with 85% from soil erosion (Berry et al., Citation 2003).

In 2021/22, agriculture accounted for about 24.1 percent of GDP and 33 percent of export earnings. The UBOS estimates that about 70 percent of Uganda’s working population is employed in agriculture.

The nation’s agriculture sector grapples with issues such as limited access to finance, inadequate infrastructure, and climate change impact, requiring innovative solutions. ... We will explore the challenges facing agriculture in Uganda and the innovative solutions driving sustainable growth in the sector.

Agriculture in Uganda supports livelihoods of over 70% of the entire population. This sector employs 63% of youth, but many are threaten- ... (Andriesse & Giller, 2015; Bekunda et al., 2010). Furthermore, issues of soil fertility were aggravated by the political influence which triggered the removal of subsidies on agricultural inputs ...

Problems facing agriculture in Uganda. Agriculture in Uganda is facing many challenges, including a lack of access to land, water, and other resources, as well as a lack of investment. Uganda’s population is growing rapidly, but the amount of land available for agriculture needs to catch up. This has led to a situation where many smallholder ...

Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda’s economy, employing 70% of the population, and contributing half of Uganda’s export earnings and a quarter of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Since most Ugandans live in rural areas and practice farming, raising agriculture incomes – a centrepiece of Uganda’s National Development Plan ...

SCALA: You mentioned that Uganda wants to promote private sector investment in agriculture. Where do you see the private sector contributing? John Chrysostom Birantana: Whilst private sector actors are participating at every value chain node of most agricultural commodities in Uganda, there are still some gaps that need to be filled. To give an ...

agricultural land has the potential to feed 200 million people [2]. Uganda’s advantages such as its endowment with fertile soils, favorable climatic conditions, and a wide range of crops, including coffee, bananas, maize, and tea, which are the country’s key agricultural products has created great opportunities for its agricultural

challenges of agriculture in Uganda. Agriculture in Uganda faces several challenges that impact its productivity and sustainability. Some of the key challenges include: Climate Change: Variability in weather patterns, including prolonged droughts and unpredictable rainfall, affects crop yields and can lead to food insecurity.

Globally, plastics are infiltrating agricultural lands—spreading across fields through fertilizers, encasing seeds, serving as moisture-retaining tarps, and accumulating as waste from various ...

A 2017 EPRC paper soberly argued that Uganda’s agriculture was at crossroads with analysis showing that growth in the sector had stagnated for three decades to 2017. Also, the paper showed that during the period 2007/08-2016/17, annual growth in the sector averaged just 1.9 percent, a very low figure given how significant the sector is in the ...

Agriculture is a high priority on Uganda’s development agenda for both growth and poverty reduction. The country is highly dependent on agriculture for economic output and employment. A majority of farmers are smallholders, where women and youth are involved in subsistence agriculture. But due to underlying constraints including lack of ...

National agricultural output has grown at only 2% per annum over the last five years, compared to 3.3% per annum growth in Uganda’s population over the same period. As such, food insecurity and poverty remain widespread and the prevalence of national food imports has increased in the last decade.

At the recently concluded Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the African Union (AU) reported sobering news: no African nation has successfully met the ambitious targets of the Malabo Declaration, set in 2014. This milestone document was supposed to transform agriculture on the continent, aiming to eradicate hunger, halve poverty, and […]

Whereas many Ugandan’s take part in agriculture as a source of employment opportunities and livelihood, the activity is hindered by various risks and uncertainties drawing back its productivity. Being an open-air business, agriculture is highly affected by weather conditions such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall, and rainstorms among others.

To strengthen Uganda's agricultural insurance framework by tripling the subsidy allocation from UGX 5 billion to UGX 15 billion, creating a stronger financial foundation for farmer support. To develop strategies to expand coverage from 1 million to 3 million farmers, significantly widening the protective reach across agricultural communities. ...

The agricultural sector in Uganda has suffered from the effects of land-use shift as one of the major challenges contributing to land degradation. This has been aggravated by poor soil management ...