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Zone Districts Climate Other characteristics
III 1. Adjumani • Average annual rainfall range of 1340 • Generally flat with undulating hills
2. Western Nebbi
mm – 1371mm
• Good to moderate soils
3. Arua
• Moderate variability, from about 1200 • Mainly small holder food and cash
4. Moyo
over northwestern and western parts crop farming with subsistence in some
5. Yumbe
to about 1500 mm over the southern areas
6. Northern Gulu
parts.
• Numerous small perennial streams
7. Northern Apac • One rainy season, about 7½ from • Moderate literacy levels
8. Western Lira
months, April to about mid November • Have largely poor incomes due to high
with the main peak in August to mid levels of strife
October and a secondary peak in • Largely peaceful but with influx of
April/May. One long dry season of refugees
about 4 months from mid-November to • Infrastructure is moderate to poor
late March. Driest months are • There is a possibility of block farming
December to February. Evaporation on a large scale in the short term due
exceeds rainfall by a factor of up to 10 to the Internally Displaced Peoples
during the driest months from (IDPs)
December to February. During the • Abundance of land in this zone, and
rainy months of May, August and hence there is high potential for
September rainfall exceeds increased production
evaporation.
• Outgrower systems existing
• Temperature ranges from 15 - 25 °C • Have advantage of cross border trade
• Altitude ranges from 351 – 1,341 m with DR Congo and Sudan
ASL
• On going programmes are NUSAF.
Rural Electrification Programme,
IV 1. Eastern Nebbi • Average annual rainfall of 1259 mm •
NAADS, Northwest Smallholder Agric
project
Largely parkland with potential for
2. South-western
with high variability, from about 800 livestock ranching.
Gulu
within the Lake Albert basin to about • Generally flat with undulating hills
3. Western Masindi 1500 mm over the western parts • Good to moderate soils
• Mainly one rainy season of about 8 • Moderate literacy levels
months, from late March to late • Largely peaceful but with influx of
November with the main peak from refugees
August to October and a secondary • Infrastructure is moderate to poor
peak in April/May. One long dry season • There is a possibility of block farming
of about 3½ months, from December on a large scale in the short term due
to about mid March. Driest months are to the internally displaced camps
December to February. Evaporation • Land available in this zone and hence
exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 6 there is high potential for increased
during the driest months from production
December to March. During the rainy • Have advantage of cross border trade
season, July to October, evaporation with DR Congo
exceeds rainfall.
• On going programmes are NUSAF.
• Temperature ranges from 17.5 – 32.5 Northwest Smallholder Agric project,
°C
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
• Altitude ranges from 351 – 1,341 m
ABL
programme