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Zone Districts Climate Other characteristics
VII 1. Hoima
2. Kiboga
3. Southern Luwero
4. Mubende
5. Kibaale
6. Kyenjojo
7. Kabarole
8. Kamwenge
9. Southern Kasese
VIII 1. Eastern Masindi
2. Nakasongola
3. Northern Luwero
4. Central Kiboga
5. Southern Mubende
6. Western Mpigi
7. Western Masaka
8. Western Rakai
9. Sembabule
10. Eastern Mbarara
11. Southern
Ntungamo
12. Northern
Bundibugyo
IX 1. Western Mbarara
2. Bushenyi
3. Northern
Ntungamo
4. Rukungiri
5. Northern Kanungu
• Average annual rainfall of 1,270 mm • Soils are generally good to moderate
with high variability, from about • Land available for agriculture, but
800mm over eastern L. Albert parts to under utilized
about 1400mm over the western parts. • Small to large scale farming, but
• Two rainy seasons, main season from majority are smallholder
August to November with peak in • Outgrower systems exist
October and secondary season March • Infrastructure moderately developed
to May with peak in April. The main dry • There are land ownership disputes in
season is from December to about mid some parts
March; secondary dry season is June to • On going programmes include,
July. Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a National Agricultural Advisory and
factor of up to 5mm during the dry Development Services (NAADS), District
months. During the rainy months, Decentralized Services Programme (DDSP),
rainfall is greater or equal to and Fisheries Development Project (FDP)
•
evaporation.
Temperature ranges from 15 – 30 °C
• Altitude ranges from 621 – 1,585 m
ASL
• Average annual rainfall range of 915 to
1021 mm
• Two rainy seasons, main season from
March to May with peak in April and
secondary season in September to
December with a modest peak in
November. Main dry season June to
August, secondary dry season is
January to February. Evaporation
exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 6
during the dry months in June to
August. During the main rainy months,
April and May rainfall equals
evaporation
• Temperature ranges from 12.5 – 30°C
• Altitude ranges from 129 – 1,524 m ASL
• Average annual rainfall range of 1,120
– 1,223 mm
• High variability, lowest about 800 mm
in Kasese Rift Valley, highest over
slopes of Rwenzori mountains, over
1500mm
• Two rainy seasons, main season from
August to November with peak in
September to November and
secondary season in March to May,
with peak in April. For Mubende and
Luwero the main season is March to
May with a peak in April and the
Secondary season from October to
December with a peak in November.
• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor
of about 5 during the dry months from
December to March. During the rainy
months of March, and August to
November rainfall exceeds
evaporation. Main dry season is from
December to late March, secondary dry
season is June to August.
• Temperature ranges from 12.5 – 30°C
• Altitude ranges from 129 – 1,524 m
ASL
• Rolling hills with some flat areas
• Soils are moderate to poor
• Mainly small holders with a lot of
communal grazing
• Agro pastoral practices
• Low literacy level
• Absentee landlords with squatter
population
• Infrastructure and marketing systems
are poor to moderate
• National Livestock Productivity
Improvement Project (NLPIP) is an on
going programme
• Shortage of land and land
fragmentation in some parts of the
zone
• Largely small to medium scale
intensive farming
• Potential for block farming e.g. in
Kasese
• Moderate literacy rate
• Relatively well organised and
moderately endowed
• Infrastructure and marketing systems
are fairly well developed
• Farmers’ entrepreneurial skills are
well developed
• Attitudes towards farming are good
• Ongoing programmes include NAADS,
Area-based Agricultural Programme
(AAP), International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), and
FDP