Uganda : Policy Options for Increasing Crop Productivity and Reducing Soil Nutrient Depletion and Poverty

This study was conducted with the main objective of determining the linkages between poverty and land management in Uganda. The study used the 2002/03 Uganda National Household Survey in eight districts representing six major agro-ecological zones and farming systems. Farmers in these districts deplete an average of 179 kg/ha of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which is about 1.2 percent of the nutrient stock stored in the topsoil. The value of replacing the depleted nutrients using the cheapest inorganic fertilizers is equivalent to about 20 percent of household income obtained from agricultural production. The findings of this study also underscore the great concern that soil nutrient depletion poses since it contributes to declining agricultural production in the near term as well as the longer term.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2005-07
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, BIODIVERSITY, CAPITA INCOMES, CAPITAL GOODS, CATCHMENT, CLIMATIC ZONES, COMMODITY, CONSERVE SOIL, CROP, CROP PRICES, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP RESIDUES, CROP ROTATION, DEFORESTATION, DISCOUNT RATES, DURABLE GOODS, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ECONOMETRIC MODELS, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, EQUIPMENT, EXTENSION SERVICES, FALLOWING, FARM, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM BUILDINGS, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING SYSTEMS, FARMS, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZERS, FISH, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, INCOME, INCOMES, INPUT USE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LABOR MARKETS, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND IMPROVEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND PARCEL, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND QUALITY, LAND QUALITY INDICATORS, LAND TENURE, LAND TENURE SYSTEMS, LAND TITLING, LAND USE, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LOW INCOME, MAIZE, MARKET PRICES, MULCH, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUTRIENT BALANCE, NUTRITION, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, OPTION VALUE, ORGANIC PRACTICES, PLANTING, PLOWING, POLICY MAKERS, POOR FARMERS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, RADIO PROGRAMS, RAINFORESTS, RECYCLING, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, SAVINGS, SEED, SEEDS, SMALL FARMERS, SOIL, SOIL EROSION, SOIL FERTILITY, SOIL QUALITY, SOILS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, TILLAGE, TILLING, USE, WAGE RATES, WATER RESOURCES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6137381/uganda-policy-options-increasing-crop-productivity-reducing-soil-nutrient-depletion-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8647
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