Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Uganda

Abstract

Uganda's decentralization policy seeks to strengthen local governance by devolving service delivery, promoting participation and empowering local people, and provides opportunities for the integration of climate change into District-level Development Plans, including agriculture, food and nutrition security. Food and nutrition security are not extensively explored in Uganda, as evidenced by the few projects under implementation. There is great potential to explore the nexus between climate variability and change and agriculture, food and nutrition security More funding should be channeled to the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) to strengthen its capacity to develop new technologies and practices for building resilience and climate change adaptation in agriculture, including dissemination and scaling up of climate-smart technologies and practices to communities. International research centers, and regional and national research networks can play a vital role in providing training to farming communities, agricultural extension service providers and to the private sector, especially on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and associated improved agronomic practices and climate information systems to inform on-farm decision making.