LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN MANAFWA AND KAPCHORWA DEVELOPING VALUE CHAIN INNOVATION PLATFORMS TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (VIP4FS) PROJECT (FST/2014/093) JULY 2017 CONTRIBUTORS Joan Kimaiyo1, Evelyne Kiptot1, Joseph Tanui1, Judith Oduol1, Hilda Kegode1, Prossy Isubikalu2, Joel Buyinza3, Awadh Chemangei4, Simon Nyangas4 and Clement Okia5 1World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P .O. Box 30677-00100 Nairobi, Kenya 2Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062. Kampala, Uganda 3National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI), P O Box 1752, Kampala, Uganda 4Kapchorwa District Landcare Chapter (KADLACC), P.O box 127, Kapchorwa, Uganda 5World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Uganda Country Office, P .O. Box 26416, Kampala, Uganda Correct citation: Kimaiyo J, Kiptot E, Tanui J, Oduol J, Kegode H, Isubikalu P, Buyinza J, Chemangei A, Nyangas S and Okia C 2017. Livelihood Analysis of Households in Manafwa and Kapchorwa. Research Report. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 81pp. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Value Chains Innovations Platform for Food Security (VIP4FS) project is generously funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). The project team is grateful to all the people who contributed in one way or another in data collection and analysis of the VIP4FS baseline data in Manafwa and Kapchorwa districts. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributors ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ......................................................................................................................................................................................................v List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................................................... vi Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ viii Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................................................................... ix 1.0 Background ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Livelihood analysis.................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Site description ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Sampling and data collection ................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Data Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.0 Results and discussion ................................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.1 Demographic Characteristics of households in Kapchorwa and Manafwa district ................................... 10 3.2 Agriculture and livestock production ............................................................................................................................. 13 3.2.1 Land ownership .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.2.2 Main and secondary occupation .................................................................................................................................. 14 3.2.3 Crop enterprises ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.4. Livestock production ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.3 Institutions and farmer groups ......................................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.1 Participation in farmer groups ..................................................................................................................................... 26 3.4 Household income ................................................................................................................................................................... 32 3.4.1Off farm Income ......................................................................................................................................................................... 35 3.5 Dietary diversity ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.5.1 Comparison in consumption of different food categories ................................................................................ 39 3.5.2 Determining total consumption score for different households ................................................................... 42 3.6 Asset endowments .................................................................................................................................................................. 45 3.6.1 Wealth index ......................................................................................................................................................................... 50 3.7 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................................ 61 iv 3.7.1 Transport services, road systems ............................................................................................................................... 61 3.7.2 Market Infrastructure and other facilities .............................................................................................................. 63 4.0 Conclusion and recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 65 5.0 References ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 69 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Site description of the different sub counties ................................................................................................................... 7 Table 2: Categorization of different Food types ................................................................................................................................ 9 Table 3: Household types in Manafwa and Kapchorwa ............................................................................................................... 11 Table 4: Age of household members ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 5: Education level of household head in each subcounty ............................................................................................... 12 Table 6: Land ownership ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Table 7: Land ownership in season 2014/2015 .............................................................................................................................. 13 Table 8: Land tenure in Uganda .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Table 9: Main occupation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 10: Secondary household occupation ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Table 11: Crop enteprises in Manafwa and Kapchorwa .............................................................................................................. 16 Table 12: Coffee production ....................................................................................................................................................................