Sustainable development in the making : assessing the changing role of agriculture in the transition from subsistence to commercial production. A cas…

2011

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 Sustainable development has become a catch phrase in almost all global development agendas. With more than 60% of Africa’s active labour force earning a livelihood in the agricultural sector (World Bank 2011; UNEP 2007), progress in the agricultural sector is prioritized as key to attainment of sustainable development for different countries in Africa. This study considered how a state-authored plan to transform the majorly subsistence agriculture into commercial agriculture, was being implemented in five parishes of Nakisunga Sub-County in Mukono, district of Uganda. This largely qualitative study involved interviewing farme…