Abstract:

Prior to the conducting of the Uganda Census of Agriculture (UCA), 2008/09 two (2) other censuses had been conducted. The first CA was conducted during 1963/65. The Government of Uganda was assisted by FAO and the then Department for Technical Cooperation of the United Kingdom both of which provided international and census equipment to a varying degree. The second CA called the National Census of Agriculture and Livestock (NCAL) was conducted during 1990/91. It was funded by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by FAO. Therefore the UCA 2008/09 formed the third CA in the history of census taking in Uganda. The long-term objective of the UCA, 2008/09 was to have a system of Food and Agriculture Statistics (FAS) in place, the immediate objective was to collect and generate benchmark data needed for monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural sector at all levels, through a nation-wide CA. The UCA 2008/09 was conducted during the Second Season of 2008 and First Season of 2009 and covered all the 80 districts as at July 2007. This report therefore presents the findings relating to Area, Production, Yields and Disposition of major crops. In addition, the report presents agricultural holding characteristics such as Number of agricultural households, Number and location of parcels, Number of plots as well as Mean Plot Sizes for each crop, Parcel ownership and Average Holding Size.