The tracking of the progress in the implementation of the 2030 agenda of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is being impeded by a lack of reliable data on key indicators. Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Director of Research, said of the 231 SDG indicators,…
Malnutrition remains a major health problem faced by Ugandans, especially women and children aged below five years despite the country being dubbed ’an agricultural economy’. The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) report of 2016 reports that 29 percent of Ugandan Children age 6-59 months are stunted (short for their…
Women sell vegetables along Gayaza road in Kalerwe Trading Centre. Such food production is expected to grow by about 60 percent over 2010 levels by 2050. Photo By Mouris Opolot The Principal Research Fellow Economic Policy Research Centre, Ibrahim Kasirye has said that food production is bound to…
Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana (R) The Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Centre jots comments from legislatures after presenting the SDG 2 draft strategic review in Uganda. Photo by Mouris Opolot The Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Centre, Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana has called for improvement on food and nutrition security by government…
One of the challenges facing government’s Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme is the rejection of input supplies by the intended beneficiaries (farmers). During the last week of September 2016, the OWC commandant for Kole district received and distributed 80,000 citrus seedlings to sub-counties; however, the target beneficiaries refused…
Economic Policy Research Centre and UNICEF conducted regional orientation workshops to advance Uganda’s National Child-Focused Policy Research Agenda 2016-2020. Two dissemination workshops were held on 16th and 22nd November 2016, at Wellsprings Hotel in Gulu and at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Training and Research (IITR) in Mbarara under the theme: “Adducing Evidence…
In Uganda, food production has grown at a slower pace, 2 percent, than the growth in population, 3.2 percent. The low production and productivity of the agriculture sector and its associated impact on poverty is of great concern to policy makers. Uganda Bureau of Statistic (UBOS) estimates that…
Rice has increasingly become a staple food in Uganda. However, the largest share of the rice consumed is imported; but efforts are underway to increase the amount of rice produced locally to meet demand. Indeed, estimates from the 2012/13 Uganda National Household Survey show that at least 30…