Agricultural Governance Results Improvement Project (A-GRIP)

About this project

Even though Uganda has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decades, resulting in a stark decline in poverty – from 68% of the population living on less than US1,90/day in 1993 to 33% in 2020, – progress on ensuring food security has remained challenging. Research by FAO et al. (2018) shows that in the period from 2015-2017, 41,4% of the Ugandan population was undernourished and 28,9% of children under five were stunted. Especially rural households, and particularly females, are more food insecure with higher poverty rates and limited access to (nutritious) food. The rapid economic growth has not resulted in the expected increase in agricultural productivity as the increase in crop production primarily stems from expansion of cultivated land, rather than increasing crop yields and overall productivity. This results in land scarcity and continues to create conflicts among individuals, communities and other entities in the struggle to acquire land to secure their livelihoods. Moreover, with the anticipated population and GDP growth in coming years, the domestic food demand is expected to only increase. The complex web of interrelated drivers, such as population and economic growth and the prevailing land tenure and farming system, have limited the progress in realising zero hunger in Uganda over the past decades. In particular, the role of land tenure is recognised as crucial reason for the persistence of food insecurity. Land tenure security is key to enhance agricul…

Published by

Cordaid · International NGO

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Justice, law and order policy, planning and administrationAgricultural land resourcesAgricultural researchAgricultural developmentAgricultural extensionLocal government finance

Funded by

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Uganda

Implemented by

Cordaid Uganda, ZOA-International

Accountable

Cordaid Global Office

Published by Cordaid to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-41160054-201276.

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