Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda

Under the regimes of Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85), Uganda’s economy plunged into a prolonged crisis with negative real growth rates of GDP (Baffoe 2000). In 1987, under Yoweri Musevini, the Ugandan government introduced an economic recovery program in cooperation with the IMF and th...

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Autores principales: Woelcke, Johannes, Berger, Thomas, Park, Soojin
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160569
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Berger, Thomas
Park, Soojin
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description Under the regimes of Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85), Uganda’s economy plunged into a prolonged crisis with negative real growth rates of GDP (Baffoe 2000). In 1987, under Yoweri Musevini, the Ugandan government introduced an economic recovery program in cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank, aiming at market liberalization, privatization, and de-centralization. Although these reforms have had positive effects on the Ugandan economy (the GDP real growth has averaged 6 percent per annum), productivity in the agricultural sector has either stagnated or declined (APSEC 2000). Land degradation is generally seen as a major factor contributing to declining agricultural productivity as well as to poverty and food insecurity. Recent studies in eastern and central Uganda have revealed high negative nutrient balances for most cropping systems (Wortmann and Kaizzi 1998).
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spelling CGSpace1605692025-11-06T04:08:31Z Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda Woelcke, Johannes Berger, Thomas Park, Soojin land use land policies agriculture land management highlands sustainability Under the regimes of Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85), Uganda’s economy plunged into a prolonged crisis with negative real growth rates of GDP (Baffoe 2000). In 1987, under Yoweri Musevini, the Ugandan government introduced an economic recovery program in cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank, aiming at market liberalization, privatization, and de-centralization. Although these reforms have had positive effects on the Ugandan economy (the GDP real growth has averaged 6 percent per annum), productivity in the agricultural sector has either stagnated or declined (APSEC 2000). Land degradation is generally seen as a major factor contributing to declining agricultural productivity as well as to poverty and food insecurity. Recent studies in eastern and central Uganda have revealed high negative nutrient balances for most cropping systems (Wortmann and Kaizzi 1998). 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:10Z 2024-11-21T09:51:10Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160569 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Woelcke, Johannes; Berger, Thomas; and Park, Soojin. 2006. Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda. In Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African Highlands. Pender, John; Place, Frank; and Ehui, Simeon K. (Eds.) Chapter 15. Pp. 357-376. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160569
spellingShingle land use
land policies
agriculture
land management
highlands
sustainability
Woelcke, Johannes
Berger, Thomas
Park, Soojin
Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title_full Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title_fullStr Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title_short Sustainable Land Management and Technology Adoption in Eastern Uganda
title_sort sustainable land management and technology adoption in eastern uganda
topic land use
land policies
agriculture
land management
highlands
sustainability
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