Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ugandan economy. Due to the growing population and high demand for land, urban agriculture is a major issue. Currently, Kampala has an estimated population of over 2 million people. It is a city experiencing large migration flows in search of employment and better living conditions. Most of the migrants are poor young men and women searching for jobs and services like piped water and health facilities that are lacking in rural areas. They are landless and often their spouses and extended family members follow them, which results in slums developing in public resource areas, like urban wetlands. Without the security over the land they occupy, these families tend to carry out short-term investments like mushroom cultivation. Mushroom cultivation is a space-confined technology and requires relatively small capital input.
Resource collections
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
