Managing food security among the rural poor in uganda: recognising vulnerability and it's drivers

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This paper analyzes food insecurity vulnerability in rural poor households in Uganda, based on a study conducted in three districts with different food situations. Findings of the study show drivers of vulnerability are large household sizes; lack of alternative cash sources; small land holdings; low application of productivity innovations; neglect of Indigenous minor crops; and limited assets that include lack of livestock, weak social capital, distant extension services, supply and market centres.

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FOOD SECURITY, UGANDA, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, RURAL POVERTY, LAND USE, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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