Hon. @Akori84Beatrice :
A number of interventions such as @naads_ug ,@nusaf3_ug, CAIIP, MATIP,VODP among others were implemented as a way to commercialize Agriculture as one of the key strategies for improving household incomes and Socio-Economic Transformation of the Citizenry.
According to @FredBwino, @MAAIF_Uganda in consultation
with technical and political leaders of Karamoja sub-region, agreed to have an intervention to support food production and resoled to urgently procure planting materials for quick maturing crops. #AgricUg
KARAMOJA: “We have been doing emergency response in this region for a long time, but we now would like to seriously focus on long term solutions to ensure sustainable food production. Dependence on relief is not sustainable. It is also not desirable,” says @RobinahNabbanja
Hon. @eng_onek, the Minister
for Relief, Disaster Preparedness
and Refugees has proposed a
review on the settlement
patterns on mountainous areas
to minimise natural disasters. #GCICMediaReview
Dr Robert Limlim, Director @Drdip_ug & @nusaf3_ug says that on the refugee management, they have agreed to contribute to 9 SDGs. Uganda hosts the largest no. of refugees on the African continent therefore the world should look at Uganda in special lenses because there are many..
#ResilienceDialogueUG panelist: Mr. Stephen Kasaija, Head, Expanding Social Protection Programme Management Unit, @Mglsd_UG.
Live stream: https://t.co/8yGw74fECZ
#ResilienceDialogueUG panelist: Dr. Robert Limlim, Director of the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) implemented under the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda. (@nusaf3_ug ).
Live stream: https://t.co/8yGw74fECZ
#ResilienceDialogueUG: Hon. Kwiyucwiny Grace Freedom. "We still have 39% of households in Uganda living below the poverty line with the majority in Northern Uganda. Over-reliance on subsistence economy means that majority of Ugandans are not producing to sell but to consume."
@nusaf3_ug@Moglsd_UG@dltum@katabaazi25#ResilienceDialogueUG: Welcome remarks from Mr. Joseph Oryokot - Acting Country Manager - World Bank, Uganda "There is well established evidence globally and in Uganda that social protection does directly boost income and reduce current and future poverty."
Among the panelists is Dr. Robert Limlim the project director DRDIP and issues being discussed include social protection "investing in human capital to build resilience & productivity for inclusive growth
#ResilienceDialogueUG
Adaptive social protection aims to build resilience of poor & vulnerable households before during & after large covariate shocks. While expansion of social assistance has been significant, limited coverage, particularly among the poorest, remains widespread
#ResilienceDialogueUG