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Food Security and Livelihoods in Areas Affected by Desert Locusts September 2020 Assessment Report Uganda Food security and livelihoods in areas affected by desert locusts September 2020 Assessment report Uganda Food security and livelihoods in areas affected by desert locusts September 2020 Assessment report Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2021 REQUIRED CITATION FAO. 2021. Uganda – Food security and livelihoods in areas affected by desert locusts, September 2020. Assessment report. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6389en The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 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Cover photograph: ©FAO/Luis Tato Contents Abbreviations and acronyms ..........................................................................ix Executive summary......................................................................................... x Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................ 1 Official desert locust surveillance and control efforts ............................................... 2 Assessment of the 2020 desert locust invasion and its impacts on food safety and livelihoods ..................................................................................... 5 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 5 Methodology .............................................................................................................. 6 Geographical coverage....................................................................................... 6 Sampling design ................................................................................................. 6 Field work ........................................................................................................... 8 Data processing .................................................................................................. 9 Magnitude of the 2020 desert locust invasions ........................................... 10 Household and livelihood characteristics ..................................................... 13 Household characteristics ........................................................................................ 13 Household size ................................................................................................. 13 Sex of household heads ................................................................................... 13 Age of household heads ................................................................................... 14 Educational attainment of household heads ................................................... 14 Awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts ............................. 15 Livelihood characteristics ......................................................................................... 16 Main sources of livelihood for households ...................................................... 16 Agricultural livelihoods ..................................................................................... 18 Crop production and impact of the desert locust invasions ......................... 19 Access to cropland ................................................................................................... 19 Timing of the desert locust invasions ....................................................................... 20 Cropland area affected by the desert locust invasions ............................................ 21 Crop production during the first cropping season of 2020 ...................................... 24 Type of crops grown......................................................................................... 24 iii Estimated production ...................................................................................... 25 Stage and condition of crops in September 2020 ............................................ 26 Livestock production and impact of the desert locust invasions .................. 28 Access to grazing land .............................................................................................. 28 Livestock ownership ................................................................................................. 29 Grazing land area affected by the desert locust invasions ....................................... 31 Grazing land conditions ............................................................................................ 32 Impact of the desert locust invasions on livestock production ................................ 34 Impact on livestock body condition ................................................................. 34 Livestock migration .......................................................................................... 37 Locust control actions by households and communities .............................. 38 Control actions by households ................................................................................. 38 Locust control actions at the community level ........................................................ 39 Effectiveness of control methods ............................................................................ 40 Environmental damage by locust control methods ................................................. 42 Impact of the desert locust invasions on livelihoods and food security ....... 43 Household perceptions of the impact of the desert locust invasions on livelihoods and food security ..................................................................................................... 43 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification of areas affected by desert locust invasions................................................................................................................... 45 Food availability ....................................................................................................... 46 Access to food .......................................................................................................... 46 Food sources .................................................................................................... 46 Availability of food stocks in households ......................................................... 47 Food consumption and utilization ........................................................................... 49 Number of meals eaten per day by households .............................................. 49 Household food consumption score ...............................................................
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