An assessment of Uganda’s agricultural production, climate change, agricultural trade and food security

Abstract

Climate change has potential impact on ecosystems globally, with enormous resultant effects on habitants. Evidence exists from observation over half a century demonstrating extreme change in climate with disasters leading to major losses. Changes in climate have led to changes in precipitation, length of growing seasons, water availability, carbon uptake, incidences of extreme weather events, food risks, desertification, distribution and prevalence of human diseases and plant pests. These in turn have greatly impacted on agriculture and thus significantly altered the conditions for agricultural production especially in Africa. Uganda, like other countries, is likely to continue to experience increasing climate variability, which will lead to further decline in food production and hunger and thus limit the country’s ability to attain food security. The study aims at scoping the agricultural production, climate change, agricultural trade and food security status in Uganda. Specifically, the study seeks to document the agricultural production and agricultural systems in Uganda; analyze policies governing agricultural production in Uganda; establish the existing linkage between food production and food security in Uganda; assess the relevance of trade policies to trade in agricultural produce; and assess climate change, its implications on agricultural food production and how it impacts trade and food security.