**3.4 Recommendations**

The semi-aridity of Karamoja, parts of Teso and Acholi Regions, the inevitability of negative effects of climate variability on food production and the increasing food demand by the increasing country's population means that, there is urgent need to put in place different strategies to secure food for all Ugandans. Some workable recommendations include:


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• The formation of collaborative partnerships that diversify food sources, as well as implementing legislation and policies that are geared to improving nutri-

• Developing a national agriculture strategy that encourages the production of crops well suited to the various local environments and promotes a production

• More efficient use of the available arable land for food production and semi-

• Reducing the rate of deforestation as it impacts negatively on food production, food security and therefore economic growth. Re-afforestation is recom-

• Creating a well-planned international trade and investment strategy, that can help hedge against volatility and food shortages, while spurring economic growth. Creating trading and processing hubs should help the country gain access to food supplies whenever necessary, either internally or through

• Planning for efficient domestic markets, and transport systems that emphasize

• The formation of cooperatives which can make it easier for farmers and other

• Creating strategic reserves of food and water to take care of year-to-year variations in rainfall and food output, as well as any man-made disruptions in food

• Reducing the influence of gender inequality on food security for women and

With a population of 55–56 million people (2016 estimates), Tanzania has had a good economic growth run over the last decade averaginga 6–7% annually [46]. Although the absolute poverty index for the country decreased, the number of those living in abject poverty has not reduced noticeably due to the high populat2ion growth rate. Depending on weather patterns, the country can be split into two main climatic zones-the drought prone bimodal rainfall zone, situated mainly in the north and west of the country and the Unimodal zone in the south and east of the country [46]. In the bimodal rainfall zones, vulnerability to food insecurity is caused by such factors as water shortages, high food prices and the effects of drought on households. Levels of food poverty and malnutrition are higher in these

Tanzania ranked 152 out of 187 countries in the 2011 UN Human Development Index and number 54 out of 79 on the 2012 Global Hunger Index. While Tanzania

supply across the country and those due to the vagaries of nature

children, by empowering more women and women more

strategy that builds on the country's comparative advantages

arid lands for better livestock farming systems.

mended to replenish the declining forest cover

reduction of food waste and curbing shortages

entrepreneurs to obtain credit

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areas than in the unimodal rainfall areas.

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tion, while reducing food waste

imports

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