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ACRONYMS IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute AHI African Highlands Initiative KPSPC Kabale Private Sector Promotion Center ARDC Agricultural Research and Development Center ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa CBO Community Based Organization CIAT Centro International de Agricultura Tropical COBS Conserve Biodiversity for Sustainable Development Project Ecotrust The Environmental conservation Trust of Uganda FORRI Forestry Resources Research Institute GDP Gross Domestic Product KARI Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute M & E Monitoring and Evaluation MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services NARO National Agricultural Research Organization NGO Non Governmental Organization PMA Plan for Modernization of Agriculture GOU Government of Uganda SPEED Support for Private Enterprise Expansion and Development Project GIS Geographic Information Services UFSI Uganda Food Security Initiative HPI Heifer Project International UGADEN Uganda Agroforestry Development Network ICRAF International Center for Research in Agroforestry IDEA Investment in Development of Export Agriculture Project USAID United States Agency for International Development
1. Introduction 1.1 Background USAID – Uganda has recently developed a six-year integrated strategic plan (ISP 2002-2007). A key ingredient of this plan (USAID, 2001) is the economic growth and environment-oriented strategic objective 7 (SO7): “Expanded sustainable economic opportunities for rural sector growth”. It intends to support the people of Uganda to develop more effective and environmentally sound land use systems to reverse the country’s long-term decline in environmental quality and agricultural productivity. To help inform its strategy, USAID requested the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to prepare a strategic framework for rural land-use in Uganda. IFPRI’s approach to assessing strategic land use options for Uganda involves answering seven clusters of questions in sequence (Bolwig et al, 2001): (1) What are the best land use options at different locations from the ‘private’ perspective of farmers and communities? IFPRI characterized development pathways on the basis of combinations of population density, agroecological conditions and access to markets. Among others, results show that primary areas for agricultural intensification are located in southwestern Uganda and in a west to eastward widening band around Lake Victoria, while agricultural expansion is likely to occur in the north. This study attempts to analyze components of this strategy, such as suitable agricultural technologies and associated management options for agricultural intensification in various areas of southwestern Uganda. (2) What are the implications of these privately driven land uses for agricultural production and income within the adopting regions and for sector-wide production, trade and income, food prices and food consumption? Using its DREAM model, IFPRI will estimate the sector-wide impact of alternative land use strategies. This will be useful for priority setting among investment options. This study evaluated various agricultural technologies and their impact on income / welfare, productivity and environment. This detailed information could further finetune information from the DREAM model. (3) How might the privately driven land uses conflict with broader environmental goals of the country and can “hot spot” areas with high potential for conflict between private and environmental goals be identified? Overlaying maps of best private land-use options with maps of environmentallydesired ones, IFPRI identified potential “hot spots” as those with high potential of conflict between land-use and environmentally important areas. Information from this study provides a detailed analysis about technologies and their environmental impacts under various management options and in various agroecological zones. (4) What kinds of policies and interventions could avoid such potential conflicts? In phase II of its work, IFPRI will analyze ways of changing incentive structures so as to promote sustainable development pathways without jeopardizing local livelihoods.
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