Agriculture is vital to Uganda’s economy, contributing 27% to its GDP and employing 73% of its workforce. However, it is also responsible for 46.25% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Recognizing the connection between the rise in poverty in 2017 and climate issues like droughts and crop failures, Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020-2025 and the Uganda Vision 2040 stress the need for sustainable land use and management (SLM). This approach is a vital part of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices.
The grant was designed to aid Uganda’s agricultural sector in its recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and establish more resiliency in the future by leveraging digital technologies and identifying policies to support market development, emergency contingencies, and project management of the sector.
Grant: Building a Green Agri-Food Ecosystem in Uganda
Grant Year: Year 8 (2020)
TTLs: Pushina Kunda Ng’andwe, Senior Agriculture Economist and Jeehye Kim, Senior Agriculture Economist
This grant spotlight is excerpted from the 2023 KGGTF Annual Report
