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Baseline Study of the Flora in Offaka Sub County, Arua District BASELINE STUDY OF THE FLORA IN OFFAKA SU B COUNTY , ARUA DISTRI C T Abridged (Shortened) version PRE P ARED BY : Andama Edward LEAD CONSU L TANT For Trócaire Uganda and Adraa Agriculture College MAR C H 2015 BASE L INE STUDY OF THE FL ORA IN OFFAKA SUB COUNTY , ARUA DISTRICT TABLE OF CO N T EN T S TABLE OF CONTENTS ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 FOREWORD________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS _________________________________________________________________________ 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION ____________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.1 PROB L E M STATE M ENT _______________________________________________________________________ 5 1.2 RATIONA L E OF THE STUDY ___________________________________________________________________ 5 1.3 AIM AND OBJE C TIVES ________________________________________________________________________ 5 2.0 STUDY AREA CHARACTERISTICS _______________________________________________________ 6 2.1 CU L TURA L IDENTITY AND TRADITIONA L L IVE L IHOOD STRATEGIES __________________________________ 6 2.2 LO C ATION , CL I M ATE AND VEGETATION _______________________________________________________ 6 2.3 SOI L S AND RIVER SYSTE M ____________________________________________________________________ 7 2.4 THE P O P U L ATION AND E C ONO M Y _____________________________________________________________ 7 3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS ____________________________________________________________ 8 4.0 RESULTS _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 4.1 SO C IO E C ONO M I C BA C KGROUND OF THE RES P ONDENTS _________________________________________ 9 4.2 PL ANT USES AND ETHNO -BOTANI C A L KNOW L EDGE _____________________________________________ 9 4.2.2 CHAR C OA L P RODU C TION AND BUSINESS ______________________________________________ 9 4.2.4 MEDICINAL pl ANT USE BY THE C O mm UNITY __________________________________________ 9 4.3 KEY HU M AN THREATS TO NATURA L RESOUR C E ________________________________________________ 12 4.4 HU M AN WI L D L IFE C ONF L I C TS _______________________________________________________________ 13 4.5 ENVIRON M ENTA L DEGRADATION C ON C ERNS __________________________________________________ 13 4.6 INSTITUTIONA L STRU C TURES FOR M ANAGE M ENT OF BIODIVERSITY _______________________________ 13 4.7 PL ANT BIODIVERSITY _______________________________________________________________________ 14 4.7.2 VEGETAION AND AGRO -E C O L OGY AND VEGETATION C OVER C HANGES ___________________ 14 4.8 MA mm A L DIVERSITY ______________________________________________________________________ 14 4.9 CO mpl I M ENTARY STAKEHO L DER ACTIVITIES IN THE SUB COUNTY _______________________________ 15 5.0 DISCUSSION ______________________________________________________________________________ 17 5.1. BIODIVERSITY USE AND INDIGENOUS KNOW L EDGE _____________________________________________ 17 5.2. UNSUSTAINAB L E F L ORA L RESOUR C E UTILISATION ______________________________________________ 17 5.3 POTENTIA L FOR VA L UE ADDITION TO BIODIVERSITY ____________________________________________ 18 6.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS _______________________________________ 19 6.1. CON cl USIONS ____________________________________________________________________________ 19 6.2. RE C O mm ENDATIONS _______________________________________________________________________ 19 REFERENCES _____________________________________________________________________________________ 20 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 LO C ATION AND RIVERS OF OFFAKA SUB COUNTY IN ARUA DISTRICT _______________________ 7 FIGURE 2. SO M E OF THE MEDICINAL pl ANTS RE C ORDED IN THE STUDY AREA ________________________ 11 FIGURE 3. SO M E OF THE C O mm ON FRUIT pl ANTS RE C ORDED IN THE SUB COUNTY WITH P OTENTIA L FOR VA L UE ADDITION ______________________________________________________________________ 12 FIGURE 4. LAND C OVER IN THE YEAR 2000 (L EFT ) AND THE YEAR 2014 (RIGHT ) FOR OFFAKA SUB COUNTY _________ 15 1 A PUBLICATION OF TRÓ C AIRE : SU mm ARY RE P ORT LIS T O F AC R O NYMS AAC: Adraa Agriculture College CFM: Collaborative Forest Management FGD: Focus Group Discussion FMNR: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature NAADS: National Agricultural Advisory Services NFA: National Forest Authority OSLG: Offaka Sub County Local Government UBOS: Uganda Bureau of Statistics ZARDI: Abii Zonal Agricultural Research Development Institute AU T H O R Dr. Andama Edward works as Senior Lecturer at Busitema University, Faculty of Science and Education. He is also the initiator and coordinator of Greater Eastern Uganda Regional Center of Expertise. His study interests have for long focused on indigenous plants knowledge utilization and management for sustainable development of the local community. DIS C LAIMER This research, commissioned by Trócaire Uganda and Adraa Agriculture College, was undertaken and written by Dr. Andama Edward, Mr. Robert Ocatre and Constance Alezuyo. The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author (s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of Trócaire Uganda and Adraa Agriculture College unless otherwise stated. The report is property of Trócaire Uganda and copyright for material in this report is held by Trócaire Uganda and Adraa Agriculture College. All photographs in this report are courtesy of Andama Edward and the research team unless otherwise stated. 2 BASE L INE STUDY OF THE FL ORA IN OFFAKA SUB COUNTY , ARUA DISTRICT FO REW O R D rócaire is very pleased to have been for biodiversity destruction in Offaka in Tassociated with this study, done with the next 10 years. Don’t say you weren’t ADRAA and Dr. Andama and his team, warned. One wonders to what extent given its global interest in environmental Offaka is replicated in other Sub Counties justice and climate change. in Uganda. From anecdotal evidence many As far as we are aware this is the first other Sub Counties are already further down comprehensive botanical study of a Sub County carried out in Uganda. Given that the route of environmental destruction. the Sub County is the lowest autonomous From my rough conservative calculations, geographical unit of action in the Offaka Sub County is exporting 300 bags Government system – which functions of charcoal a day which is equivalent to socially, economically and politically as about 75 trees every day! independent unit - it is the crucial level at which planning, implementation and It seems like there is a very short window management must and does take place. to try and turn this juggernaut around and Genetically modified food is one route to get back to sustainable management. This trying to meet the ever growing food needs report gives recommendations that can of the world but it hardly looks a sustainable help get us back on track and reverse this one. There seem to be significant dangers biodiversity destruction before it is too late. of focusing on a narrow range of crops – Even in economic terms the study shows the maize, banana, cassava, potatoes or rice. potential of a number of plants identified. A couple of bad seasons or a resistant disease can have devastating effects as we This report highlights the great need for in Ireland know all too well from the Great sustainable land use planning as well as Potato Famine of the 1840s. environmental management. I hope that planners, agriculturalists, educationalists, This study shows that there is still great medical people, administrators, and diversity of flora in Offaka and that we researchers in every Sub County and district neglect this rich biodiversity at our peril. in Uganda will study this report and relate the outcome of the study to their own However, there have been dramatic, not to ethno-botanical ecosystems. say drastic, changes in land use patterns in Offaka Sub County in the last 14 years. I hope that this reflection will lead our An 87% reduction in closed woodland, a administrators, planners and leaders at all 77% increase in use of land for agriculture, levels of Government system to debate and communal lands that are not being actively come up with development approaches, managed, a doubling of the human processes and strategies that will ensure we population in the Sub County every 23 manage our biodiversity holistically and that years, a doubling of the livestock population the multifunctional role of ethnobotanical in the eight years to 2008, massive exports plants be highlighted in government of charcoal (made from communal precious development policies, development and trees) from the Sub County, growing action plans. tobacco which demands large amounts of fuel wood for curing leaves, bush burning and practically no replacement by tree Ian Dolan, planting – it all looks like a “perfect storm” Trócaire Uganda Country Director 3 A PUBLICATION OF TRÓ C AIRE : SU mm ARY RE P ORT AC KN O WLE D GEMEN T S n the behalf of the research team I want to thank the community of Offaka OSub County termed “Madi Okollo” with whom and for whom this project was carried out. Their hospitality and keen interest in the proceedings was an inspiration during field work and training sessions. This report owes much to the dedicated work of the Offaka Botanic Study committee, clan leaders, traditional herbalists, bee keeping associations, Shea nut oil processors, and others far too many to name
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