Legal and Regulatory Framework
for the Agriculture Sector in Uganda
Emmanuel Kasimbazi
1 Introduction
Agriculture can be described as the science of cultivating the soil, harvesting crops
and raising livestock and also the science or art of the production of plants and
animals useful to man and in varying degrees, the preparation of such products for
man’s use and their disposal.
1 The agricultural sector has been and continues to be
the most important sector in Uganda’s economy in terms of food and nutritional
security, employment, income, raw materials for industry and exports to regional
and international markets. It employs 82% of the workforce, accounts for 90% of
export earnings, and provides 44% of GDP.
2 Moreover, 2.5 million farmers in
Uganda with smallholdings and scattered large commercial farms provide the
country’s staple food requirements.
According to Trading Economics publication 2018, GDP from Agriculture in
Uganda increased to 4208.28 billion Uganda Shillings in the third quarter of 2018
from 3285.33 billion Uganda Shillings in the second quarter of 2018. GDP from the
agriculture sector in Uganda averaged 2901.67 billion Uganda Shillings from 2008
until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 4208.28 billion Uganda Shillings in the third
quarter of 2018.
3
Uganda is able to rely on agriculture due to the country’s excellent access to water
resources, fertile soils, and (relative to many other African nations) its regular
E. Kasimbazi (*)
School of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
e-mail: ekasimbazi@law.mak.ac.ug
1 Black (1990).
2 Negm and Abdel-Fattah (2017).
3 Trading Economies (2019).
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for the Agriculture Sector in Uganda
Emmanuel Kasimbazi
1 Introduction
Agriculture can be described as the science of cultivating the soil, harvesting crops
and raising livestock and also the science or art of the production of plants and
animals useful to man and in varying degrees, the preparation of such products for
man’s use and their disposal.
1 The agricultural sector has been and continues to be
the most important sector in Uganda’s economy in terms of food and nutritional
security, employment, income, raw materials for industry and exports to regional
and international markets. It employs 82% of the workforce, accounts for 90% of
export earnings, and provides 44% of GDP.
2 Moreover, 2.5 million farmers in
Uganda with smallholdings and scattered large commercial farms provide the
country’s staple food requirements.
According to Trading Economics publication 2018, GDP from Agriculture in
Uganda increased to 4208.28 billion Uganda Shillings in the third quarter of 2018
from 3285.33 billion Uganda Shillings in the second quarter of 2018. GDP from the
agriculture sector in Uganda averaged 2901.67 billion Uganda Shillings from 2008
until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 4208.28 billion Uganda Shillings in the third
quarter of 2018.
3
Uganda is able to rely on agriculture due to the country’s excellent access to water
resources, fertile soils, and (relative to many other African nations) its regular
E. Kasimbazi (*)
School of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
e-mail: ekasimbazi@law.mak.ac.ug
1 Black (1990).
2 Negm and Abdel-Fattah (2017).
3 Trading Economies (2019).
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
H. Yahyah et al. (eds.), Legal Instruments for Sustainable Soil Management in
Africa, International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36004-7_4
55