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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis Assessment 2008

Uganda, 2008
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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis Assessment 2008
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Author(s) World Food Programme
Date 2009-04-01
Country Uganda
Language English
Table of contents 1. Acknowledgements ......................................................................................3

2. List of commonly used acronyms..................................................................4

3. Executive summary ......................................................................................9
3.1 Background ..............................................................................................9
3.2 Scope and methods ...................................................................................9
3.3 How many people are food insecure or vulnerable? ........................................9
3.4 Where do the food insecure and vulnerable people live?................................ 10
3.5 Who are the food-insecure or vulnerable people? ......................................... 10
3.6 What are the underlying causes and threats to food security and nutrition? ..... 11
3.7 What are the implications for food security interventions? ............................. 12

4. General background on Uganda..................................................................14
4.1 General information on Uganda ................................................................. 14
4.2 Macro-economic overview......................................................................... 15
4.3 Social capital and governance ................................................................... 15
4.4 Poverty and inequality ............................................................................. 16
4.5 Poverty reduction and food security public policies ....................................... 16

5. Study objectives and methodology.............................................................19
5.1 Objectives .............................................................................................. 19
5.2 Definition of terminology and concepts ....................................................... 19
5.3 Sources of data....................................................................................... 20
5.3.1 Secondary data review .......................................................................... 20
5.3.2 Primary data collection .......................................................................... 21
5.3.2.1 Survey instruments ......................................................................... 21
5.3.2.2 Survey teams and supervision .......................................................... 21
5.3.2.3 Sampling procedures ....................................................................... 22
5.3.2.4 Data entry and statistical analysis ..................................................... 23
5.3.3 Limitations of the study ......................................................................... 23
5.3.4 Coordination of the study....................................................................... 25

6. Community and household survey results ..................................................26
6.1 Human capital ........................................................................................ 26
6.1.1 Demographics ...................................................................................... 26
6.1.1.1 Female-headed households............................................................... 26
6.1.2 Education ............................................................................................ 27
6.1.3 Displacement ....................................................................................... 28
6.2 Natural Capital........................................................................................ 29
6.2.1 Climate and agricultural seasons............................................................. 29
6.2.2 Crop production.................................................................................... 29
6.2.3 Land access ......................................................................................... 31
6.2.4 Livestock............................................................................................. 32
6.3 Physical capital ....................................................................................... 33
6.3.1 Housing conditions................................................................................ 34
6.3.1.1 Ownership and housing structure ...................................................... 34
6.3.1.2 Lighting and cooking energy sources.................................................. 34
6.3.2 Water and sanitation............................................................................. 35
6.3.2.1 Water ............................................................................................ 35
6.3.2.2 Sanitation ...................................................................................... 36
6.3.3 Asset holdings and Wealth Index ............................................................ 37
6.3.3.1 Asset ownership.............................................................................. 37
6.3.4 Household wealth groups....................................................................... 40
6.4 Financial capital and livelihood strategies.................................................... 41
6.4.1 Activities and financial capital ................................................................. 41
6.4.1.1 Labour activities.............................................................................. 41
6.4.1.2 Seasonality of activities.................................................................... 42
6.4.1.3 Labour migration............................................................................. 43
6.4.2 Livelihood activity groups ...................................................................... 44
6.4.3 Classification of agriculturalists ............................................................... 46
6.4.4 Fishing................................................................................................ 48
6.4.5 Extension services ................................................................................ 48
6.4.6 Household expenditure.......................................................................... 49
6.4.6.1 Food and non-food expenditure......................................................... 49
6.5 Food consumption and food security ............................................................. 51
6.5.1 Diet composition and food sources .......................................................... 51
6.5.2 Household food consumption profiles....................................................... 55
6.5.2.1 Methodology................................................................................... 55
6.5.2.2 Food consumption profiles ................................................................ 55
6.6 Food security profiling ................................................................................ 56
6.7 Multivariate analysis of food security status ................................................... 59

7. Markets and market analysis......................................................................62
7.1 Food market structure ................................................................................ 62
7.1.1 Crop market structure ........................................................................... 62
7.1.2 Livestock market structure..................................................................... 62
7.2 Market access............................................................................................ 63
7.2.1 Household dependence on markets for food.............................................. 63
7.2.2 Households physical access to markets .................................................... 63
7.2.3 Availability of food in markets ................................................................ 64
7.3 Conduct and performance ........................................................................... 64
7.3.1 Market availability and traded commodities .............................................. 64
7.3.2 Characteristics of suppliers .................................................................... 65
7.3.3 Composition of traders business costs ..................................................... 65
7.3.4 Main customers and distribution ............................................................. 66
7.3.5 Trade expansion capacity....................................................................... 66
7.4 Trader volumes and prices .......................................................................... 66
7.4.1 Traded volumes.................................................................................... 66
7.4.2 Food and non-food market prices............................................................ 67
7.4.3 Determinants of market price changes..................................................... 67
7.4.4 Import/Export dynamics ........................................................................ 67
7.5 Market price analysis and trends .................................................................. 68
7.5.1 Prices of food staples ............................................................................ 68
7.5.2 Variation across space and time.............................................................. 69
7.5.3 Market integration ................................................................................ 69

8. Health and nutrition ...................................................................................71
8.1 Health care access ..................................................................................... 71
8.2 Maternal health.......................................................................................... 71
8.3 Child health (6-59 months) ......................................................................... 72
8.4 Mortality ................................................................................................... 74
8.5 Risk factors for poor nutritional outcomes...................................................... 75

9. Shocks and coping mechanisms .................................................................77
9.1 Shocks ..................................................................................................... 77
9.1.1 Food access ......................................................................................... 77
9.1.2 Covariate shocks .................................................................................. 78
9.1.3 Idiosyncratic shocks.............................................................................. 78
9.1.4 Coping strategies and Coping Strategy Index............................................ 79
9.1.5 Humanitarian assistance and interventions ............................................... 80

10. Conclusions ................................................................................................82
10.1 Geographic food security and vulnerability profiles ........................................ 83
10.2 Livelihood food security and vulnerability profiles .......................................... 86
10.3 Other priority areas for consideration .......................................................... 88

11. Recommendations......................................................................................90
11.1 Humanitarian action ................................................................................. 90
11.2 Poverty reduction and mid-term strategies................................................... 90
11.3 Policy and advocacy.................................................................................. 90
11.4 Monitoring systems .................................................................................. 91
11.5 Potential targeting criteria ......................................................................... 91

12. Annexes .....................................................................................................92
12.1 Sampling ................................................................................................ 92
12.2 Methodological note on nutrition analysis..................................................... 93
12.3 Crops and crop group classifications............................................................ 94
12.4 Methodology for analyzing food consumption data......................................... 95
12.5 Tables of estimates of population of Poor (wealth and asset) and Food Insecure households by strata... 97
12.6 Methodology for the wealth index ............................................................... 98
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