1 / 5

Farming systems of Uganda

Farming systems of Uganda. Uganda: - Green and fertile and….

arella
Download Presentation

Farming systems of Uganda

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Farming systems of Uganda

  2. Uganda: - Green and fertile and…. High (3.4% p.a) population growth + most peopleliving from agricultureon small (0.5-1ha) farms + low input – low output practice + weakregulatory support + lowlevels of education and capitalisation+ poorroads, electricity and weakmarkets = land tensions + lowproductivity+declining land quality+ expensive to get to market+hard to getgoodpartners/workers http://www.ambkampala.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/649DA3FB-70D9-4B47-BDD8-8D6EE7E0B984/0/Uganda%C3%B8konomioginvesteringsmulighederbrochureApril2011.pdf

  3. But….anoasis in the region… • Skills, markets and institutions slowlybeingbuilt • Urbanising population needfeeding (staples) • Emergingmiddleclasswantsquality and valueaddedproducts (poultry, pork, dairyproducts, fruit and vege) • Regional food deficits and improving regional tradeinfrastructureopening new marketopportunity • Import substitution by growing and processinglocally (rice, meat and dairyproducts, juices, etc) • Exportopportunities for qualityproducts – especiallycoffee and organics. • Opportunities for support and service functions (transport, storage, finance, packaging, shipping, energy, etc)

  4. Goodopportunities… • Requirehighlevels of commitment, presence and a long term perspective • Need an understanding of the localphysical, cultural, and socio-politicalcontexts – and respect for those • Demandsgoodmultidisciplinaryskills • Need to think smart aboutmarkets • Mutually binding (JVs, supplychain, trading) relationshipsseembest • No ”fast bucks” – lots of hardwork • Alreadylots of experiencethere to helpyou

  5. We’reonFacebook….andotherplaceson the internet…..

More Related