Abstract:
Agriculture contributes about 26% to GDP, the largest
sources of export earnings, about 53% of export
earning from 2007 – 2012/13 and employs over
75% of the labor force, provides raw materials for
agro based industries.
• It is the main driver to economic development of the
country
• Uganda has a potential to produce a range of crops. Major cash crops include coffee, Oil palm, cocoa, cotton,
tea, sugarcane and food crops includes; rice, bananas,
maize, wheat, potatoes, sunflower, sorghum, cassava,
fruits e.g. Oranges, mangoes, apples & horticultural
crops.