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T. S. Rosenstock et al. (eds.), The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_15
Chapter 15
Household Welfare Effects of StressTolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda
Chris M. Mwungu, Caroline Mwongera, Kelvin M. Shikuku, Mariola Acosta,
Edidah L. Ampaire, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, and Peter Läderach
15.1 Introduction
In most developing countries agriculture plays a significant role in enhancing food
security among smallholder farmers. It is regarded as a significant economic activity that can reduce absolute and relative poverty among smallholder farmers in SubSaharan Africa (SSA) (Odame et al. 2013). However, both presently and in the
future, the agricultural sector is increasingly threatened by the adverse impacts of
climate risks. As a result of climate change, inconsistent and unstable agricultural
yields will ultimately increase the risk of food and nutritional insecurity among the
vulnerable populations in SSA. It is expected that climate change will ultimately
lead to increased nutritional disorders, diseases, hunger and socio-economic instability in Africa (Msowoya et al. 2016). Since most families in rural SSA provide
own farm labour in agriculture (Dieterich et al. 2016), poorly fed families may
provide low quality labour, which can also affect production. With continuous deterioration in production over seasons, the standards of living for farmers in rural
Africa will be compromised. In the case of Uganda, a decrease of a 2–4% in Gross
Domestic Product is foreseen, if sufficient measures to combat climate change are
not taken into consideration (Markandya et al. 2015).
C. M. Mwungu (*) · C. Mwongera · K. M. Shikuku
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
e-mail: c.mwungu@cgiar.org
M. Acosta · E. L. Ampaire
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kampala, Uganda
L. A. Winowiecki
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya
P. Läderach
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Asia Regional Office c/o Agricultural
Genetics Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
© The Author(s) 2019
T. S. Rosenstock et al. (eds.), The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_15
Chapter 15
Household Welfare Effects of StressTolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda
Chris M. Mwungu, Caroline Mwongera, Kelvin M. Shikuku, Mariola Acosta,
Edidah L. Ampaire, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, and Peter Läderach
15.1 Introduction
In most developing countries agriculture plays a significant role in enhancing food
security among smallholder farmers. It is regarded as a significant economic activity that can reduce absolute and relative poverty among smallholder farmers in SubSaharan Africa (SSA) (Odame et al. 2013). However, both presently and in the
future, the agricultural sector is increasingly threatened by the adverse impacts of
climate risks. As a result of climate change, inconsistent and unstable agricultural
yields will ultimately increase the risk of food and nutritional insecurity among the
vulnerable populations in SSA. It is expected that climate change will ultimately
lead to increased nutritional disorders, diseases, hunger and socio-economic instability in Africa (Msowoya et al. 2016). Since most families in rural SSA provide
own farm labour in agriculture (Dieterich et al. 2016), poorly fed families may
provide low quality labour, which can also affect production. With continuous deterioration in production over seasons, the standards of living for farmers in rural
Africa will be compromised. In the case of Uganda, a decrease of a 2–4% in Gross
Domestic Product is foreseen, if sufficient measures to combat climate change are
not taken into consideration (Markandya et al. 2015).
C. M. Mwungu (*) · C. Mwongera · K. M. Shikuku
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
e-mail: c.mwungu@cgiar.org
M. Acosta · E. L. Ampaire
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kampala, Uganda
L. A. Winowiecki
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya
P. Läderach
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Asia Regional Office c/o Agricultural
Genetics Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam