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Uganda: Gov’t should support urban farming – new study

Cultivation in urban areas can help to increase resilience to shocks for poor households and can help to emulate the supply of food in urban areas.

By Nicholas Wassajja
New Vision
July 2020

Excerpt:

In Urban areas, people rely on casual labor as their main source of income but the same share (1 out of 4 dwellers) also depends on growing and selling food crops, a new study has revealed.

With 47% of Ugandan households depending on agriculture to survive including urban areas where people equally rely on crop farming, civil societies and food rights activities have said, the data should inform government’s decision on policies to support urban farming.

According the activists, urban households rely significantly on agriculture for their income and food security, suggesting that urban agriculture is a vital area for support.

“Cultivation in urban areas can help to increase resilience to shocks for poor households and can help to emulate the supply of food in urban areas,” Marie Nanyanzi of Sauti za Wananchi at Twaweza said.

All across Uganda, people depend on a number of different sources of income to survive which means that 25% of citizens rely on casual labor as their main source of income; the same share also relies on growing and selling crops according to the study.

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