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| Sserunkuuma, Dick. |
| In spite of the fact that the Ugandan National Agricultural Research System has developed and released several production-enhancing technologies over a century, yields of most major crops at the farm level have been low. Given that about 80 percent of Uganda’s labor force is employed in agriculture, the scope for sustainable poverty reduction in Uganda depends very much on improving agricultural productivity. It is in this context, this paper examines why there has been poor adoption of production-enhancing technologies in the production of maize, which is a major crop in Uganda and what the impacts of the exiting production environment are on factor payments. This study reveals that farmers do not pay proper attention to soil fertility management, which... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Production-enhancing technologies; Maize; Land management; Poverty reduction; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110145 |
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| Pender, John L.; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Jagger, Pamela; Sserunkuuma, Dick; Ssali, Henry. |
| This paper estimates a structural econometric model of household decisions regarding income strategies, participation in programs and organizations, crop choices, land management, and labor use, and their implications for agricultural production and land degradation; based upon a survey of over 450 households and their farm plots in Uganda. The results generally support the Boserupian model of population-induced agricultural intensification, but do not support the "more people-less erosion" hypothesis, with population pressure found to contribute to erosion in the densely populated highlands. Agricultural technical assistance programs have location-specific impacts on agricultural production and land degradation, contributing to higher value of crop... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural productivity; Land degradation; Agricultural development strategies; Uganda; Farm size-productivity; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25816 |
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| Pender, John L.; Jagger, Pamela; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Sserunkuuma, Dick. |
| This paper investigates the patterns and determinants of change in livelihood strategies ("development pathways"), land management practices, resource and human welfare conditions in Uganda since 1990, based upon a community-level survey conducted in 107 villages. The pattern of agricultural development since 1990 involved increasing specialization and commercialization of economic activities, consistent with local comparative advantages and market liberalization. Six dominant development pathways emerged, all but one of which involved increasing specialization in already dominant activities: expansion of cereal production, expansion of banana and coffee production, non-farm development, expansion of horticultural production, expansion of cotton, and... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International Development; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19814 |
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| Pender, John L.; Jagger, Pamela; Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Sserunkuuma, Dick. |
| This paper investigates the patterns and determinants of change in livelihood strategies (“development pathways”), land management practices, agricultural productivity, resource and human welfare conditions in Uganda since 1990, based upon a community-level survey conducted in 107 villages. The pattern of agricultural development since 1990 involved increasing specialization and commercialization of economic activities, consistent with local comparative advantages and market liberalization. This pattern was associated with changes in land use and agricultural practices, including expansion of cultivated area, grazing lands and woodlots at the expense of forest and wetlands; increased ownership of cattle but declining ownership of other livestock; and... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Sustainable development; Land management; Development pathways; Uganda; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16124 |
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| Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Pender, John L.; Jagger, Pamela; Sserunkuuma, Dick; Kaizzi, Crammer; Ssali, Henry. |
| Poverty reduction is one of the overarching objectives of most of Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income countries. Accordingly, one of IFPRI’s major research themes focuses on policies and strategies for poverty reduction. This research report contributes knowledge to that theme. It also contributes to IFPRI’s ongoing investigation of policies and strategies that foster broad-based and environmentally sustainable agricultural and rural development. In Uganda, where soil erosion and depletion of soil nutrients are widespread, land degradation is a major cause of declining productivity and increasing poverty. In this study, Ephraim Nkonya and his colleagues measure the relative merits of various household income strategies and land management practices in... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Land use; Government policy; Uganda; Food supply; Poor; Nutrition; Agriculture and state; Land capability for agriculture; Data processing; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37897 |
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