APPENDIX
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AREAS BEING ADDRESSED

The economy of northeast Uganda6 is dominated by pastoralism (cattle farming). Although
agricultural production is apparent in some areas, this is normally a mixture known as "agro-
pastoralism" (integrated cattle and crop farming). It should be noted that pastoralism is in decline
due to the constant cattle raids by guerrilla groups such as the Lord's Resistance Army based in
southern Sudan, as well as government and aid agency intervention which encourages the fencing
off of land to discourage the traditional free-roaming of cattle.
Uganda's economy7 is predominantly agrarian; 36% of the GDP, 81% of the employed labor force,
and 31% of export earnings are derived from the agricultural sector. A total of 6,810,000 ha
(16,828,000 acres), or one-third of the land area, is under cultivation. Subsistence production
remains the pattern; 70% of the area under cultivation is used to produce locally consumed food
crops.


6 http://countrystudies.us/uganda/42.htm
7 The decline in agricultural production, if sustained, posed major problems in terms of maintaining export
revenues and feeding Uganda's expanding population.
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