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However, beyond the Livestock Census of 2008, the Statistics Unit has not been able to collect
regular data from the field. As such, most of the information published is by imputation. The
statistical capacity within MAAIF has not been developed to the required degree, yet. There are
other ministries, agencies, and institutions that also collect statistics relevant to agriculture.
These include the eight semi-autonomous agencies under MAAIF, the Ministry of Local
Government, the Bank of Uganda, the Uganda office of Famine Early Warning System Network
(FEWSNet), and the Agricultural Hub (FIT-Uganda) price information system, among the most
prominent of these secondary producers. In general, these agencies do not have sufficient
financial and human resources for effective data collection and analysis. The result is that no
regular national agricultural production statistics are produced in Uganda. Other relevant
governmental bodies do not have a statistics unit and the employment position in respect of
collection and analysis of agricultural statistics for other bodies is poor.
ii. Main Outputs of the Agricultural Statistics System
Main outputs of the statistical system are summarized in Table 55 below:
Table 55: Main Outputs of Uganda National Statistical System
Statistical Domain Date of most
recent data
Source of
Data
Geographical
Coverage
Responsible
Agency
PRODUCTION STATISTICS
Crop production 2013 Estimation National MAAIF, UBOS
Harvested Area 2013 Estimation National MAAIF, UBOS
Yield 2013 Estimation National MAAIF, UBOS
Livestock Production 2013 Estimation National MAAIF, UBOS
Forest Products NA
Fishery Products 2013 Estimation National MAAIF, UBOS
AGRICULTURAL PRICE STATISTICS
Producer Prices 2013 Estimation District UBOS
Agric. Input Prices 2013 Estimation District UBOS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE STATISTICS
Agricultural Exports 2013 Administrative National UBOS
Agricultural Imports 2013 Administrative National UBOS
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE STATISTICS
Land Use 2006 Trial Survey Only for four
Districts
UBOS
Rural opulation 2013 Estimation Regional UBOS
Active Population
in Agriculture
2013 Estimation Regional UBOS
Agri. Labor Force 2013 Estimation Regional UBOS
OTHER INDICATORS Latest Year Available
Agricultural GDP 2013
Source: SSAQ Results; UBOS, 2014a; MAAIF, 2014.
As seen the Table 55, the Uganda agricultural statistical system is based on estimations from
agricultural censuses. Statistics in the market, consumption, income and environment
domains, on the other hand, are missing.