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Beans is an important source of proteins and income for poor resource households. However the yied of beans has remained very low in comparion to yields obtained under ideal management conditions. This necessitated the examination of socio-economic factors influencing bean yields of smallholder farmers in eight districts of northern Uganda. A total of 1112 farmers were randomly selected from the study area and the data was subjected to descriptive statistics and regression analysis using IBM SPSS (version 20). The results indicated that 2.3% of variation in beans yield was attributed to amount of seed and acreage planted. The study further revealed that majority of the respondents (81.7%) were practicing farming and most of them were 31-40 years of age (31%). Also, 90.4% and 59.6% of the respondents had bean gardens ranging from 1 to 2 acres and sourced seeds for planting from local market respectively. While 90.4% of the farmers didn't have access to credit, 91.7% actually had access to market information. From the study, majority of the farmers (20.4%) attained yields of either 60 - 120kgs or above 240kgs per acre. It is recommended that, the government's effort to support agricultural mechanization for increased acreage and productivity be strengthened through private public partnership to quickly reach the smallholder farmers.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) strongly believes that the Cluster Approach holds promise for improving the international response to internal displacement. the approach represents a serious attempt by the UN, NGOs, international organisations and governments to address critical gaps in the humanitarian system. We want this reform effort to succeed and to play an active role in northern Uganda to support the work of the clusters and improve their effectiveness. Adapted from the source document.

This paper presents the status of investment and trade in post-conflict Northern Uganda. Administrative trade (formal and informal) and investment (foreign and domestic) from 2005 to-date within and through the region are used to understand the dynamics within a post-conflict lens. While policies and specific regional programs by government exist to rebuild Northern Uganda, they are not specifically supportive of investment and trade taking place in the region; the policies/regulation treat Uganda as homogenous and the programmes have focused on rebuilding local livelihoods and food security through agriculture. Descriptive analysis, first, on the trends and nature of investments reveal that minimal large scale industrial activities are taking place, many are ad hoc, largely driven by small-scale/micro investors – (shops, kiosks). Second, trade (formal and informal) is high with South Sudan compared to Democratic Republic of Congo. However, trade through the region is driven by the security conditions in South Sudan. Informal trade was more in foodstuffs and foot wear commodities but these originate from other parts of the country especially, Kampala. In conclusion, we do not observe a clear linkage between investments and trade taking place in the region to local people's welfare. However, few financial institutions are being set up to support traders in cash transactions. Given that policies and programme measures that address access to finance, security of access to land for investment, and infrastructural factors are not necessarily conflict sensitive, these continue to impede growth in investments and trade in Northern Uganda.

Northern Uganda has been plagued by a long and violent civil war that lasted from 1996 to 2006, during which 2.5 million people were internally displaced and placed in camps. During the conflict, Uganda adopted a new constitution and a new land act that recognised customary land tenure and the role played by customary institutions in resolving land disputes. Following the cessation of hostilities in 2006, people began to go back "home", and many land conflicts ensued. Because women are generally considered as particularly vulnerable in land conflicts, they have received much attention from the Ugandan government, international donors, and NGOs. This article focuses on how women make use of the existing legal pluralism in Uganda to defend their interests in land disputes. It argues that land conflicts are often proxies of social conflicts, which play a major role in women's opting for customary institutions to resolve their land conflicts

This article discusses the experiences and conceptualizes the role of locally crafted religious leaders' efforts in the peace process that led to the end of the war that ravaged Northern Uganda. it details the positive role that the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) played in outreach, intermediation and reconciliation efforts, bringing into national, regional and international consciousness the plight of the people in Northern Uganda, consequently drawing the varied stakeholders to work towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Adapted from the source document.