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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureA manifesto to ensure a voice for farmers in Uganda
Good practice series - Advocacy
2021Also available in:
This good practice fact sheet describes an initiative to canvas the views and demands of Uganda’s smallholder farmers on measures required to boost the country’s agricultural performance as a driver of both the national economy and for raising incomes among agricultural value chain players. The creation of a Farmers’ Manifesto, and its presentation to political parties in the run-up to a general election, may be an experience relevant to other developing nations as an advocacy process, where agriculture plays an important role in generating gross domestic product (GDP), but receives insufficient funding and attention for it to achieve its full potential. -
ArticleJournal articleEnhancing public-private sector collaboration: A case of the Uganda Timber Growers Association affiliated tree growers and public actors building a sustainable commercial forestry industry
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Uganda’s forests are a treasured natural asset contributing 8.7% to the national economy (NEMA 2011). However, Uganda has been losing its forest cover alarmingly, from 24% in 1990 to 9% in 2015. In Uganda, Forestry is coordinated by the Ministry of Water and Environment through the Forest Sector Support Department. Government through the National Forestry Authority has provided land in degraded Central Forest Reserves (CFRs) to private investors under license. Nearly 70% of planted forests are in CFRs. Additionally; Government initiatives like the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme project is providing financial and technical support based on a set of national Forestry standards. Finally, Government has created a conducive environment for the commercial forest sector to grow at an unprecedented rate of 7000 ha per year. Since 2004, the private sector in Uganda has been exemplary, on building a private sector-led commercial forestry industry. Most of the investors (99.8%) are small to medium scale (1000 ha and below). The private sector is coordinated by the Uganda Timber Growers Association (UTGA), the umbrella body of tree growers that does advocacy, networking, information sharing, collective procurement, marketing and extension. The private sector is growing over 85% (over 80,000 ha) of Uganda’s forest resource. UTGA has promoted the certification of plantations and chain of custody with area up to 42,000 ha, the largest in East Africa and two organizations certified in chain of custody. Plans are underway for the establishment of an apex body for carpenters, timber traders and wood processors. The strong collaboration between Government and private sector actors has yielded remarkable results for Uganda’s forestry. The public private partnerships have provided solutions to challenges of illegality, poor governance, forest degradation and deforestation by providing a platform for individuals, companies and communities to grow trees while protecting gazetted forest land. Keywords: Planted Forests, private sector, CFRs ID: 3487300 -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureFarmer managed natural regeneration in Uganda
MEV-CAM good practices: Engage, learn, inspire
2023Also available in:
FAO's MEV-CAM initiative has developed Good Practice documents based on information collected by local communities through the Resilient Food Systems project. This good practice, focusing on farmer managed natural regeneration, comes from local communities in Uganda and provides a guide to restoring local ecosystems through natural planting methods.
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ProjectFactsheetEnhancing Sustainable Soil Management in Uganda - GCP/UGA/059/CPR 2024
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No results found.Agriculture is one of Uganda’s most important sectors; about 80 percent of the country’s population lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, soil fertility is declining at an alarming rate due to unsustainable practices, leading to the degradation of soil properties. This, in turn, gives rise to unsustainable crop production, given that a considerable proportion of soils in the country is highly weathered with the decline of soil organic carbon and low reserves of the macro and micronutrients to support crop growth. The current soil fertility management practices that smallholders use, such as the recycling of crop residues, biomass transfer, and other organic practices, appear to be inadequate to counter the outflow of nutrients. Consequently, a number of case studies have shown that crop yields are declining. Given that the population is increasing, this poses a big challenge for policy-makers to address the declining soil fertility trend in the region. Against this background the project aimed to contribute to the protection of soils and the promotion of the sustainable utilization of soil resources, to enhance agricultural development and promote ecological agriculture in Uganda. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookASL2050 Livestock production systems spotlight - Uganda
Chicken meat and beef
2018Also available in:
No results found.This brief presents a snapshot of the Beef and Chicken Meat production systems in Uganda as defined and characterized by key national stakeholders affected, and notably the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the Ministry of Water and Environment (MoWE), the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).