• Moroto
• Northern Kotido
• Eastern Kitgum

• Average rainfall of 745 mm with high variability, from about 600 mm over the north and north-eastern parts to about 1000 mm over the southern and western parts.
• One rainy season of about 5½ months, from
• April to early September with the main peak in July/August and a secondary peak in May. One long dry season of about 6 months from October to March. Most dry months from December to February.
• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of over 10 during the driest months, December to February. During the rainy season evaporation is slightly more than rainfall.
• Temperature ranges 12.5 – 32.5 °C
• Altitude ranges from 351 – 1,524 m ASL

• Generally flat with isolated hills
• Abundance of land still abundant in this zone
• Shifting cultivation is practiced
• Soils are moderate to poor
• There is largely subsistence farming and
• pastoral activities
• There are no natural open water bodies
• Area is semi arid
• Poor underdeveloped infrastructure
• Ongoing programmes include NUSAF, KDA and WFP
•  Civil strife and cattle rustling

• Gum Arabica
• Sesame seed
• Apiculture
• Goats/Skins
• Beef cattle/Hides
• Ostriches
• Sunflower

• Pader
• Kitgum
• Eastern Lira
• Katakwi
• Northern Sironko
• Northern Kapchorwa
• Nakapiripirit
• Southern Kotido

• Average rainfall of 1197 mm with moderate variability, from about 1000 mm over the north and north-eastern parts to about 1300 mm over western and southern parts
• One rainy season of about 7 months, from April to late October with the main peak in July/August and a secondary peak in May.
• One long dry season of about 4 months from mid-November to late March. Driest months are from December to February.
•  Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of over 10 during the driest months, December to February.
• During the rainy months, May; July and August rainfall is slightly more than evaporation
• Temperature ranges from 15 – 32.5 °C
• Altitude ranges from 975 – 1,524 m ASL

• Generally flat with isolated hills
• Land is available but mainly in communal ownership
• Shifting cultivation is practiced
• Soils are moderate to poor
• Wide wetlands with potential for irrigation
• Farming is mainly communal and
• predominantly subsistence with emerging
• commercial farms
• There is communal labour for cultivation
• There is moderate to high literacy
• Moderate infrastructure development
• Area suffers from low incidental strife
• Programmes include NUSAF, Olweny Rice Scheme, and VODP

• Apiculture
• Beef cattle/Hides
• Goats/Skins
• Sesame Seeds
• Cassava
• Pulses
• Sunflower

• Eastern Nebbi
• South-Western Gulu
• Western Masindi

• Average rainfall of 1259 mm with high variability, from about 800 within the Lake Albert basin to about 1500 mm over the western parts
• Mainly one rainy season of about 8 months, from late March to late November with the main peak from August to October and a secondary peak in April/May.

• One long dry season of about 3½ months, from December to about mid March.

• Driest months December to February. Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 6 during the
• Driest months from December to March.

• During the rainy season, July to October, evaporation exceeds rainfall.
• Temperature ranges from 17.5 – 32.5 °C
• Altitude ranges from 351 – 1,341 m ABL

• Largely parkland with potential for livestock ranching.
• Generally flat with undulating hills
• Good to moderate soils
• Moderate literacy levels
• Largely peaceful but with influx of refugees
• Infrastructure is moderate to poor
• There is a possibility of block farming on a large scale in the short term due to the IDPs
• Land available in this zone and hence there is high potential for increased production
• Have advantage of cross border trade with DR Congo
• On-going programmes are NUSAF.
• Northwest Smallholder Agric project, UWA Programme

• Spices
• Fisheries
• Cassava
• Apiculture
• Beef cattle/Hides
• Goats/Skins
• Cotton

• Kayunga
• Kamuli
• Iganga
• Northern Bugiri
• Tororo
• Northern Busia
• Southern Mbale
• Pallisa
• Kumi
• Soroti
• Kaberamaido
• 1Southern Lira

• Southern Apac

• Average rainfall range of 1215 mm -1328 mm
• Two rainy seasons in the southern part with the main season from March to May with peak in April and secondary season from August to November with a peak in October/November.

• Main dry season December to February, secondary dry season is June and July.

• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 3 during the dry months of December to February.

• During the main rainy season rainfall is greater and or about equal to evaporation.
• Virtually one rainy season in the northern part from March to November, with the main peak in April/May and a secondary peak in August/September.

• One dry season December to about mid March.
• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 8during the dry months December to February.
• During the main rainy season rainfall is greater and or about equal to evaporation
• Temperature ranges from 15 – 32.5 °C
• Altitude ranges from 914 – 1,800 m ASL

• Land flat and swampy
• Soils are poor to moderate
• Small-scale subsistence mainly annual crops with some pastoralist
• Some commercial farms
• Moderate to low literacy levels
• Fairly well endowed with resources
• Stable geo-politically
• Land is available for commercial
• farming
• Ongoing programmes include
• NAADS and many others

• Fisheries
• Apiculture
• Maize
• Pulses
• Beef cattle
• Cassava
• Goats

• Average rainfall of 1,200 to 1,450 mm
• Two rainy seasons in the eastern part of the zone with the main season from March to May with peak in April and secondary season from August to November with a modest peak in October/November.
• Main dry season December to February, secondary dry season is June to September.
• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 2 during the dry months, December to February.

• During the peak of the rainy seasons rainfall is greater and or equal to evaporation
• Two rainy seasons in the western part of the zone with the main season March to May with peak in April and secondary season October to December with a peak in November.

• Main dry season for June to September, secondary dry season is January and February.

• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of about 3 during the dry months, June to August.

• During the main rainy season rainfall is greater and or equal to evaporation.
• Temperature ranges from 15 – 30 °C
• Altitude ranges from 1,000 – 1,800 m ABL

• Hilly and flat with wetland and forested areas
• Soils are good to moderate
• Small medium and large-scale intensive farming with potential for commercial production
• Infrastructure generally good.
• Prospects for processing zones and warehousing
• Entrepreneurship skills are fairly well developed.
• Skilled labour is readily available
• Service providers available
• Attitudes positive and open to new
• technology
• Literacy levels fairly high
• Generally well endowed with resources
• Stable and mostly cosmopolitan with high
• potential for urban farming
• Land is generally available through sale
• Lots of private investment opportunities
• High potential for irrigation
• Higher migrant labour available
• Water for industry available
• Most ongoing programmes are present here

• Hoima
• Kiboga
• Southern Luwero
• Mubende
• Kibaale
• Kyenjojo
• Kabarole
• Kamwenge
• Southern Kasese

• Average rainfall of 1,270 mm with high variability, from about 800 over eastern L. Albert parts to about 1400mm over the western parts.
• Two rainy seasons, main season from August to November with peak in October and secondary season March to May with peak in April.

• Main, dry season from December to about mid March secondary dry season is June to July.

• Evaporation exceeds rainfall by a factor of up to 5 during the dry months. During the rainy months, rainfall is greater or equal to evaporation.
• Temperature range from 15 – 30 °C
• Altitude ranges from 621 – 1,585 m ASL

• Soils are generally good to moderate
• Land available for agriculture and
• under utilized
• Small to large scale farming but
• majority are smallholder
• Out-grower systems existing
• Infrastructure moderately developed
• Land ownership disputes in some
• parts
• Ongoing programmes include
• NAADS, DDSP, Fisheries
• Development Project

• Eastern Masindi
• Nakasongola
• Northern Luwero
• Central Kiboga
• Southern Mubende
• Western Mpigi
• Western Masaka
• Western Rakai
• Sembabule
• Eastern Mbarara
• Southern Ntungamo
• Northern Bundibugyo

• Average 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

• 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

• Beef cattle
• Dairy cattle
• Goats
• Spices (Bird’s eye chillies)
• Apiculture
• Citrus
• Pineapples

• High variability, lowest about 800 mm 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

• 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 organized 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,
• IFAD, FDP

• Rainfall usually more than 1400 mm
• Two main rainy seasons from September
• to December for the Kabale, Kisoro and Kasese region
• One long rainy season from March to October with peak in April and Secondary peak in August for Northern Mbale, Southern Sironko, Southern Kapchorwa
• Temperature ranges from 7.5 – 27.5 °C
• Altitude ranges from 1,299 – 3,962 m ASL

• Soils are mostly young volcanic and
• are rich in nutrients
• Mountainous high altitude areas
• Cultivated land is highly fragmented
• with small plots covering terraced
• hillsides
• Infrastructure is poor largely due to
• the terrain
• Entrepreneurial skills fairly developed
• Stable geo-politically
• Ongoing programmes include NAADS,
• Agro Forestry, African Highlands

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