@article{Mwesigye:262885,
      recid = {262885},
      author = {Mwesigye, Francis and Sserunjogi,  Brian and Mbowa, Swaibu  },
      title = {Uganda’s Agricultural Sector at Crossroads: Is it a myth  or a reality?},
      address = {2017-07-20},
      number = {675-2017-4155},
      series = {95},
      pages = {4},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {Uganda’s agricultural growth has stagnated at about 2  percent for almost two decades yet the sector employs about  70% of the working population and contributes 40 percent of  export earnings. On the other hand, Uganda’s population  growth rate remains very high, above 3 percent per annum,  signaling the likelihood of food insecurity and increase in  poverty incidence. It is thus clear that the current state  of agriculture cannot support the country’s target of  attaining the lower-middle income status by 2020. A number  of policies, programs and interventions have been  implemented with no success in transforming the sector.  These include: Structural Adjustment Programmes, Economic  Recovery Program, Poverty Action Eradication Plan, and Plan  for Modernization of Agriculture, among others. Indeed, the  sector is at crossroads because while it is clear of what  needs to be done to transform the sector, the current  institutional set up seems weak and uncoordinated to  effectively implement the required transformative  interventions. Approaches that enhance institutional  coordination, promote agricultural research and strengthen  extension service provision would aid in revamping  agricultural performance.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262885},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262885},
}