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Title: | The Environment and Food Security in Uganda |
Author: | Mwaka, Victoria M. |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | Eastern and Southern Africa Geographical Journal |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | April |
Pages: | 67-82 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
Geographic terms: | Uganda East Africa |
Subjects: | food policy environment Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Environment, Ecology food security food production environmental management |
Abstract: | This article examines the problem of food security and environmental deterioration in Uganda. It argues that Uganda's food security problem is not a problem of lack of natural resources, but a problem of land mismanagement and methods of land use. Land mismanagement such as deforestation, swamp reclamation, and extensive farming methods have had adverse effects on the agricultural environment. Efforts should be made to devise and implement farming practices that will increase land productivity and agricultural output without necessarily damaging the environment. What is needed is a comprehensive land use policy, an ecosystematic approach to agricultural development, the optimal utilization of rangelands and aquatic resources, and a comprehensive food security policy. Bibliogr., sum. |