"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme climate change".
Climate change impacts to agriculture in Uganda’s semi arid areas, farmers’ means of adaptation: An application of cross-section data
Abstract:
The most climate change prone communities in Uganda are
those living in semi arid areas of Karamoja and parts of Teso
where droughts have been most frequent and most prolonged.
In Karamoja alone, during the last decade more than 10 severe
droughts have occurred indicating a > 50% rise. There are no
known studies that have quantified the economic impacts of
climate change particularly to agriculture in these areas of
Uganda and the country at large. This study will use crosssectional
data to quantify the climate change impacts to farming
in Uganda’s semi arid areas of Karamoja and parts of Teso, as
well as to determine farmers’ choice of climate adaptation
mechanisms. Results will enhance policy formulation and
decision-making in terms of climate adaptation and mitigation
strategies in Uganda and eastern Africa region.
La plupart de communautés prédisposées au changement
climatique en Ouganda sont celles-là vivant dans les régions
semi-arides de Karamoja et les parties de Teso où les
sécheresses ont été les plus fréquentes et les plus prolongées.
Seule la zone de Karamoja a connu, pendant la dernière
décennie, plus de 10 sécheresses graves indiquant une élévation
de plus de 50%. Il n’y a aucune étude connue qui a mesuré les
impacts économiques du changement de climat sur l’agriculture
de ces régions de l’Ouganda en particulier et celle du pays en
général. Cette étude emploiera des données en coupe
transversale pour mesurer les impacts de changement de climat
sur l’agriculture dans les régions semi-arides de Karamoja et
les parties de Teso en Ouganda, aussi bien pour déterminer le
choix des fermiers sur les mécanismes d’adaptation au climat.
Les résultats susciteront la formulation de politique et la prise
de décision en terme de stratégies d’adaptation et d’atténuation
de climat en Ouganda et dans la région orientale de l’Afrique.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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27-31
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