The status of food security in Uganda is worrying. The share of Ugandans suffering from food insecurity measured in terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high with low rates of income poverty. Based on the 2005/06 Uganda National Household Survey data, the study provides insights into access to...

This paper examines the technical and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme implementation in Iganga district. The Cost Effective Analysis (CEA) and stochastic frontier analysis methods were used to examine technical efficiency while...

The Uganda government has since 1987 initiated a sequence of tax reforms to address the fiscal challenges facing the country. This paper uses a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the welfare effects of tax reforms on households and the impact of these challenges on production...

This study evaluates the potential impact of the recent world food prices on the Ugandan economy and possible policy options to respond to it. Uganda is largely a net exporter of some cereals whose prices increasing considerably especially maize. Using a recursive dynamic CGE model, we attempt...

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 dynamic dairy sector. Consequently, the number of agents profoundly...

A partir da identificação de um sistema trinitário de regulação social (a reciprocidade, a redistribuição e o intercâmbio), uma gama muito variada de autores vem discutindo ultimamente quais as conseqüências do domínio cada vez mais amplo do intercâmbio mercantil nas sociedades...

A importância da pecuária leiteira na agricultura familiar do município de Monções motivou a realização desta pesquisa com o objetivo de caracterizar e analisar esta atividade. A metodologia foi um levantamento primário de dados realizado junto a todos os produtores rurais do município...

Este trabalho teve como objetivo geral caracterizar a organização rural, no município de Santa Albertina-SP, EDR de Jales, quanto à importância e os benefícios trazidos da união dos produtores familiares. Para a obtenção dos dados relativos à elaboração deste trabalho, foram...

Income poverty levels are increasingly getting worse among the majority (84%) of rural Ugandans who drive their livelihoods primarily from Agriculture. Mostly driven by declining land productivity resulting from waning soil fertility, limited use of land augmenting technologies and increasing...

The analysis of the 2009 Uganda National panel Survey (UNPS) collected by the UBoS shows that milk production from smallholder farm units was 1 billion litres, and about 52 percent (524 million litres) joined the second level of the milk value chain – and of which 72 percent was marketed in...