TRENDS AND IMPACTS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURE

TABLE 3
Summary of enterprises in commercial agriculture and related services, 2008
employing 5 or more persons were engaged
in commercial agriculture (excluding livestock
agriculture) and fishing during 2006/7 6 .
A review of the listing of the firms engaged
in agriculture or related activities, summarized
in Table 3, shows that three out of every ten
companies are foreign-owned, including TNCs.
6 Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (2007): Report on the
Uganda Business Register 2006/7 :16, 19. The number of
enterprises engaged in commercial agriculture (excluding
livestock agriculture) has been calculated as 0.44*382 (total
number of enterprises in commercial agriculture including
livestock rearing). The number of enterprises engaged in
fish processing and export has been calculated to including
all private limited liability companies (3 percent of all
companies); all partnerships (3 percent); and other companies
(2 percent). The total number of enterprises engaged in
fishing and related services was 124 during 2006/7.
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No. Sub-sector Foreign-owned/TNCs Domestic Total
A Agricultural Chemicals, Fertilizers and Irrigation 3 7 10
B Agricultural Engineering, Equipment and Services 19 29 48
C. Agricultural Seeds 3 5 8
D. Beekeeping, Equipment Manufacturing and Trainers 0 5 5
E. Coffee Processing and Export 6 26 32
F. Cotton Exporters 3 1 4
G. Cotton Ginning Machinery 2 0 2
H. Cotton Lint 1 10 9
I. Fish Farms 0 1 1
J. Fish Processors and Exporters 3 19 22
K. Fishing Equipment and Supplies 0 2 2
L. Floriculture and Flower Exporters 11 10 21
M. Grain Millers 2 6 8
N. Hides and Skins 0 2 2
O. Milk and Dairy Products 2 4 6
P. Poultry Hatcheries and Poultry Feeds 0 3 3
Q. Rice Growers, Dealers and Exporters 1 1 2
R. Sugar Manufacturers 1 3 4
S. Tobacco Processing and Export 1 1 2
T. Tea Processing 1 2 3
U. Edible Oil Processing 1 2 3
Total 60 139 199
Percentage 30 70 100
Sources: company websites, Uganda Flower Exporters Association (UFEA); Uganda Fish Processors Association (UFPA); and
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), The Monitor Directory 2008.
Given the limited availability of data on asset
holdings of companies engaged in agricultural
production, there is a tendency to assume that
most of the commercial agricultural enterprises
are foreign-owned. However, some are owned
by Ugandans of Asian ethnicity 7 . Information
on the ownership of the enterprises engaged
in agricultural production was collected from
company websites and interviews with the
respective associations: the Uganda Flower
Exporters Association (UFEA); the Uganda
Fish Processors Association (UFPA); and the
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA).
Enterprises whose existence or ownership could
not be confirmed have been excluded. The
listing estimates about 200 enterprises including
7 Uganda Investment Climate Report 2004.
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