National plan of action to combat drought and desertification
1994
In the process of exploiting natural resources and harnessing the productive potential of the arable land base, adequate care has not been taken against the depletion of resources and careless and environmentally harmful agricultural practices. Climatic changes at national and specific area levels have also combined to undermine the status of crop production, animal husbandry, forest plantations and agroforestry. These developments have given rise to a host of problems - famine, desertification, deforestation, soil degradation, drying up of streams, rivers and lakes, air and water pollution. Environmental degradation is most severe in the dry areas of Uganda, in 1992 16 districts of the 38 had serious drought problems of famine as a result of prolonged drought, the sixteen districts represent 37 of the total population, 53 of land area. In 1993, the government of Uganda through the Inter-governmental Committee to Combat Drought and Desetification (INC-D) process carried out a case study on 3 semi arid parts of the country. A national workshop followed, and from both a number of interventions were identified, prioritized, and presented in the Uganda National Study in Support of Inter-governmantal Negotiating Committee on Drought and Desertification. In the document both short-term and long-term actions were estimated to require a medium term incremental investment of US$300 million for external sources. The action were in line with Uganda's 5-year Rehabilitation and Development Plan
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