The present report is the result of a socio-economic analysis conducted among refugees and host communities in six districts in the northern area of Uganda, with the aim of providing a comprehensive assessment of the current state of the people's [...]

Despite Uganda’s flourishing economy, food insecurity remains a challenge in many parts of the country, particularly in the northeastern region of Karamoja. As in other fragile contexts, understanding and measuring the resilience of affected populations is crucial in order to [...]

Over recent decades, the NGOs of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform have been involved in disaster risk reduction activities around the globe, many of which are directly or indirectly related to the use and management of land resources, including soils, [...]

In 2017, almost 124 million people across 51 countries and territories faced Crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse (IPC Phase 3 and above or equivalent) and required urgent humanitarian action. In 2016 the population in need of urgent [...]

Uganda lies almost completely within the Nile Basin with irregular rainfall patterns: monomodal rainfall patterns (one rainy season) and bi-modal rainfall patterns (two rainy seasons). Its vulnerability to climate change, especially poor rainfall and long dry spells in the northern [...]