Abstract:
Recent research has demonstrated that climate change has potential impact on
ecosystems globally, with enormous resultant effects on habitants. Evidence exists
from observation over half a century demonstrating extreme change in climate
with disasters leading to major losses. Changes in climate have led to changes
in precipitation, length of growing seasons, water availability, carbon uptake,
incidences of extreme weather events, food risks, desertification, distribution and
prevalence of human diseases and plant pests. These in turn have greatly impacted
on agriculture and thus significantly altered the conditions for agricultural
production especially in Africa. Uganda, like other countries, is likely to continue
to experience increasing climate variability, which will lead to further decline in
food production and hunger and thus limit the country’s ability to attain food
security. Currently, there are inadequate policies developed to mitigate climate
change impacts.
