Uganda: Policies for Improved Soil Nutrient Management, Input Marketing Survey, 1999-2002

The objective of the project has been to assess the impact of different casual factors and identify effective policy strategies to combat soil nutrient depletion problem in the highlands of Uganda. The research has utilized market, community, and household surveys to measure the impact of past and present policies on soil nutrient management in the Ugandan highlands; and developed market and household level models based on the surveys to evaluate the impact of alternative policy options. This survey is one of the three surveys conducted to analyze the market – land degradation linkages. A total of 148 input traders were sampled, which, due to the thinness of Ugandan input markets, included all licensed traders in most of the regions.

本项目的研究目标为评估不同因果因素的影响，并确定有效政策策略以解决乌干达高地的土壤养分耗竭问题。本研究通过市场、社区与家庭三类调研，评估过往及现行政策对乌干达高地土壤养分管理的影响；并基于调研数据构建市场与家庭层面的模型，以评估不同备选政策方案的实施效果。本次调研为三项分析市场与土地退化关联关系的调研之一。本次调研共抽样148家农资经销商，由于乌干达农资市场规模狭小，因此覆盖了多数地区的所有持证经销商。