Highlights: Farmers growing sugarcane earned more income, produced more food and had more assets. Farmers growing sugarcane were more food secure...
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Highlights: War and violent conflicts are often factors in the current food crisis. East Africa were living in a crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or higher)...
Uganda is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change, including erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and increased frequency of pests and diseases. While many climate-smart...
This study traces the causal effects of extreme weather events on nutritional and health outcomes among rural children in Uganda using four waves of individual child survey...
This paper provides insights and evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy responses to curb its spread influence the risk of child labour in agriculture through different...
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Few studies engage in household-level analysis to assess the impact of violence.
Fewer analyses assess the spillover effects of violence on food security at a household...
This report outlines the results of a household survey carried out in August–September 2020 to assess the impact of desert locust invasions on food security and livelihoods in Uganda.
In 2019–2020, the...
Using data from 1995-2015, an empirical study from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), led by Vijesh Krishna, CIMMYT...
This policy note summarizes results of a study on the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda, which are characterized by a high degree of informality. We use a stack...
The quest to transform and hasten the role of smallholder farms in agricultural development and food security through farmer-firm linkages has dominated development interventions in low-income countries for several...