Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/2009 Volume Iv: Crop Area
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UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA UGANDA CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2008/2009 VOLUME IV: CROP AREA AND PRODUCTION REPORT December, 2010 UGANDA CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2008/2009 VOLUME IV: CROP AREA AND PRODUCTION REPORT Uganda Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Plot 9, Colville Street, Industry and Fisheries, P. O. Box 7186, KAMPALA P.O. Box 102, ENTEBBE Tel: +256-414-706000 Tel: +256-414-320004, 320987/9 Fax: + 256-414-237553 Fax: +256-414-321047, 321010 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ubos.org Website: www.agriculture.go.ug December, 2010 i FOREWORD The first Census of Agriculture (CA) in Uganda was conducted during the period of 1963/65 with the assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the then Department of Technical Cooperation of Britain. The second Census of Agriculture (National Census of Agriculture and Livestock) was conducted during 1990/91 although preparatory arrangements had started earlier. That census was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by FAO. The Ministry then responsible for agriculture was the implementing agency. The third and latest in the series is the Uganda Census of Agriculture (UCA) of 2008/09. Its main objective was to establish a system of Food and Agriculture Statistics (FAS), for providing timely information to inform policy and planning. This report presents the findings relating to area, production, yields and disposition of major crops. In addition, the report presents agricultural holding characteristics such as the number of agricultural households, the number and location of parcels, the number of plots as well as the mean plot sizes for each crop, parcel ownership and average holding size. The information contained in this report is particularly useful to policy makers, researchers and traders for evidence based planning and the making of informed decisions. The UCA 2008/09 was conducted as a joint effort between the Government of Uganda as the funding agency and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) were the implementing agencies. UBOS and MAAIF are extremely grateful to: FAO, the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) and the Norwegian Agency for development (NORAD) for providing technical assistance. Similar gratitude is extended to the national staff, comprised of the headquarter staff (from UBOS and MAAIF), District Supervisors (DSs), Enumerators and other support staff who, formed an effective team. Our gratitude also goes to the numerous farmers who provided the answers to the many questions as well as the District and Local Council (LC) officials who provided guidance to the Enumerators in the sampled areas in all the 80 districts of Uganda (as of July 2007) where the census was successfully conducted. John B. Male-Mukasa EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ii TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................ II TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. III LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... VI LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................. VIII LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES .................................................................................... X LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................... XI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................... XII CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 Census Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 Census Coverage ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.3 Census Scope ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Census Methodology .................................................................................................. 3 1.2.1 Census Organisation .......................................................................................................... 3 1.2.2 Tabulation Plan Preparation ............................................................................................... 4 1.2.3 Sample Design.................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.4 Questionnaire Design and Other Census Instruments ....................................................... 4 1.2.5 Field pre-testing of the Census instruments ....................................................................... 4 1.3 Training of Trainers and Training of Supervisors and Enumerators ............................. 5 1.4 Community Mobilisation .............................................................................................. 5 1.5 Field Supervision and Data collection .......................................................................... 5 1.6 Data Management, Processing and Analysis .............................................................. 6 1.6.1 Coding ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.6.2 Data capture ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.6.3 Editing ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.6.4 Secondary Editing ............................................................................................................... 7 1.6.5 Quality Control .................................................................................................................... 7 1.6.6 Software and Hardware used for data processing: ............................................................ 7 1.7 Response Rate ........................................................................................................... 8 1.8 Funding ....................................................................................................................... 8 1.9 Reliability of Estimates ................................................................................................ 8 1.10 Further Analysis .......................................................................................................... 8 1.11 Problems Encountered and Constraints ...................................................................... 8 iii CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................ 10 AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD AND HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS ................. 10 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Number of Agricultural Households ........................................................................... 10 2.3 Number and Location Parcels ................................................................................... 12 2.4 Parcel Ownership ...................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Shifting Cultivation .................................................................................................... 13 2.6 Period (in years) since Parcel was cleared ................................................................ 13 2.7 Average Holding Size (AHS) ..................................................................................... 13 2.8 Number and Mean Plot Size (MPS) of Crop Plots ..................................................... 14 CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................... 32 AREA, PRODUCTION AND DISPOSITION OF MAJOR CROPS ............................. 32 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 32 3.2 Production (Mt) and Area of Major Crops .............................................................. 34 3.2.1 Maize ................................................................................................................................ 34 3.2.2 Finger Millet ...................................................................................................................... 36 3.2.3 Sorghum ........................................................................................................................... 38 3.2.4 Rice ................................................................................................................................... 40 3.2.5 Beans ...............................................................................................................................