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dc.contributor.authorBarirega, Akankwasah
dc.contributor.authorBuyinza, Mukadasi
dc.contributor.authorKansiime, Frank
dc.contributor.authorBasuta-Isabirye, Gilbert
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-12T11:58:54Z
dc.date.available2013-07-12T11:58:54Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/1937
dc.descriptionTo link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/10871200903115070 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10871200903115070en_US
dc.description.abstractWe examined the effects of crop raiding by wild animals on household food security of the people in two sub counties adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Western Uganda. Data were collected from 541 households using a questionnaire and focus group discussions in a controlled and blocked household survey in Kichwamba and Nyakiyumbu sub counties in the Districts of Bushenyi and Kasese, respectively. Food security was examined by using dietary diversity indices. Crop raiding dominated by elephants resulted in 14% annual reduction in household food security of parkadjacent communities. It is recommended that a crop raiding mitigation fund be established to maintain elephant trenches and building capacity for local people to manage crop raiding and a multidisciplinary agriculture extension be started in the area to increase agricultural production and household incomes in order to prevent heavy dependency on protected area resources.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectCrop raidingen_US
dc.subjectAlbertine riften_US
dc.subjectQueen Elizabeth National Parken_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleThe effects of crop raiding on household food security in the Albertine rift : a case study of Queen Elizabeth National Park, western Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal article, preprinten_US


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