ABSTRACT
Agriculture remains the mainstay of the African economy as an engine of economic growth and
development where 88% of the continent’s populations living in rural areas earn their livelihood
from agriculture (Ndambi 2008). Also 80% of Uganda’s cultivated land area falls under
subsistence form of agriculture (Kalyebara 2005).
It is this phenomenon that prompted a research study whose intention was to investigate the
implications of subsistence farming in the natural environment, the case study being Chahi subcounty
in Kisoro district.
By use of a stratified random sampling technique, data was collected by use of questionnaire,
interview and observation methods and was later analyzed by use of Excel software.
Evidences of poor land management, reduction of both forest and grassland, high soil erosion
and reduced farm productivity are apparent and are being attributed to the increasing population
coupled with increasing demand for settlement, conversion of agricultural production and
excessive cultivation.
Agro-forestry, apiary, and organic farming coupled with on farm training programs by NAADS
on best soil fertility improvement management practices to control the increasing population
should be harnessed for an environmentally sustainable subsistence farming community.
HASHAKIMANA, A (2021). Implications Of Subsistence Farming On The Environment; A Case Study Of Chahi Sub County, Kisoro District (Uganda). Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/implications-of-subsistence-farming-on-the-environment-a-case-study-of-chahi-sub-county-kisoro-district-uganda
HASHAKIMANA, ALEX "Implications Of Subsistence Farming On The Environment; A Case Study Of Chahi Sub County, Kisoro District (Uganda)" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/implications-of-subsistence-farming-on-the-environment-a-case-study-of-chahi-sub-county-kisoro-district-uganda. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
HASHAKIMANA, ALEX . "Implications Of Subsistence Farming On The Environment; A Case Study Of Chahi Sub County, Kisoro District (Uganda)". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021. Web. 20 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/implications-of-subsistence-farming-on-the-environment-a-case-study-of-chahi-sub-county-kisoro-district-uganda >.
HASHAKIMANA, ALEX . "Implications Of Subsistence Farming On The Environment; A Case Study Of Chahi Sub County, Kisoro District (Uganda)" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 20, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/implications-of-subsistence-farming-on-the-environment-a-case-study-of-chahi-sub-county-kisoro-district-uganda