Food security and minor crops in Uganda: the farmers' perspective and policy implications
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2011
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This paper analyses the production and utilization of minor crops, including roots and tubers, Indigenous vegetables and pulses such as cowpea, pigeon pea and chickpea. It explores the extent to which agriculture-related policies affect production and utilization of minor crops in Uganda. Current policies favour production of major crops. Farmers concentrate resources on major crops for marketing, neglecting food and nutrition security. Ignorance, lack of seed, and low interest are the main reasons indigenous vegetable crops are not grown. The report advocates for better support of local under-utilized crop production through policy change.
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FOOD SECURITY, UGANDA, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, MALNUTRITION, FOOD POLICY, INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES, EVIDENCE-BASED PLANNING, SOUTH OF SAHARA, RESEARCH TO POLICY