The report observes that a one-shot stimuli to growth in the last decade could have helped Ugandan agriculture and promoted significant poverty alleviation, but likely will not be able to provide the same level of continued stimulus for new growth.
Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address in Kampala, Museveni said the economy is expected to grow by 5.8 percent this financial year, rising to seven percent in 2019/20 on account of improved tarmac road network, stable electricity and peace and security.
Part of the strategy was to encourage women to start using energy and agro-forestry technologies to improve food security and promote natural resource management.However, communities are concerned that despite its approval, the policy was archived yet the region is grappling with a reduction in agricultural productivity and deforestation
Ernest Nabihamba, the senior production and Environment officer Jinja municipality says farmers are polluting the ground, river, and Lake Water with huge amounts of nitrogen, ammonia, phosphorous, and nitrates from fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.
Betty Namusobya, a maize farmer in Wanyange village in Mafubira Sub County says she expected to harvest 60 sacks of maize last season but only got ten because of the bad weather.
Farmers in Mayuge have adopted a new and efficient method to increase their ginger yields. The new method requires just a little space of land but gives high returns.
