Poverty in Uganda Approximately inhabitants involved agricultural fertile soils ample vital natural resources remain stable Despite lack access

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1 Poverty in Uganda Approximately 86 percent of Uganda's 34 million inhabitants are involved in agricultural activities. Uganda is blessed with fertile soils, ample rainfall and a number of vital natural resources which have helped Uganda's economy remain relatively stable. Approximately ungefär Inhabitants invånare To involve involvera, inblanda Agricultural jordbruk fertile soils bördig jord ample riklig vital nödvändiga, viktiga natural resources naturresurser to remain kvarstå, förbli stable stabil Despite this, 40 percent of Ugandans still lack access to clean water and 25 percent live below the poverty line. Violence against women continues to be widely tolerated and is also a leading factor of increased infection levels of HIV/AIDS in Ugandan women over men. Despite trots Lack sakna Access tillgång Clean rent Below under poverty line fattigdomslinje Violence våld Continues fortsätter Widely allmänt, vanligt To tolerate finna sig i, tolerera Leading - främsta Increased ökad

2 Uganda has made enormous progress in reducing poverty, from 56 per cent of the population in 1992 to 24.5 per cent in The reduction of poverty in urban areas has been especially marked. Notwithstanding these gains, however, the absolute number of poor people has increased due to population growth. Enormous jättestora Progress framsteg Reducing minska Poverty fattigdom Population befolkning Reduction minskning urban areas stadsområden marked - märkt Notwithstanding trots det Gains vinster Absolute number totala antalet Increased ökat Due to på grund av population growth - befolkingsökning Poverty remains in rural areas, which are home to 87 per cent of Ugandans. About 30 per cent of all rural people some 10 million men, women and children still live below the national rural poverty line. Uganda s poorest people include hundreds of thousands of farmers living in remote areas scattered throughout the country. Remains finns kvar rural areas landsbygden still fortfarande below under national nationella, landets poorest fattigaste include - innefattar farmers bönder, lantbrukare remote avlägsna areas - områden scattered utspritt throughout över hela

3 In remote rural areas, smallholder farmers do not have access to the vehicles and roads they need to transport their produce, and market linkages are weak or nonexistent. These farmers lack inputs and technology to help them increase their production and reduce pests and disease. They also lack access to financial services, which would enable them to boost their incomes both by improving and expanding their production, and by establishing small enterprises. Smallholder farmers småjordbrukare Access - tillgång Vehicles fordon Need behöver Produce jordbruksprodukter Linkages kopplingar Weak bristfälliga Nonexistent obefintliga, icke-existerande Lack saknar Inputs insatser Increase öka Reduce minska Pests - skadedjur Disease sjukdom financial services finansiella tjänster som tex banker enable möjliggöra, göra möjligt boost öka, förbättra, höja income inkomst improving förbättra expanding utvidga, öka establishing etablera, grunda enterprises - företag

4 The poorest regions are the north and north-east of the country, where outbreaks of civil strife have disrupted farmers lives and agricultural production. These are fragile and dry regions where the extreme variability of rainfall and soil fertility means that farming presents a challenge. Here, household-level production often falls short of minimum household needs, rendering families particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Outbreaks utbrott civil icke-militära strife stridigheter disrupted stört, splittrat agricultural production jordbruksproduktion fragile skör, försvagad extreme - extrem variability föränderlig, varierande soil fertility bördig jord challenge utmaning household-level production producerar mat endast för hushållet short lågt household hushåll needs behov rendering lämnar particularly i synnerlighet, i hög grad vulnerable sårbara insecurity osäkerhet, otrygghet Health and social issues have a significant impact on rural poverty in Uganda as well. The population of about 33 million is growing at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent. Although the country has been able to dramatically reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among the population, the pandemic has caused the death of large numbers of young adults and orphaned 1.2 million children. Health hälsa social issues sociala frågor significant - betydande impact effekt rural poverty landsbygdsfattigdom growing växer annual årlig rate takt, tal dramatically dramatiskt reduce minska incidence förekomst among bland population befolkning pandemic pandemi, ett stort antal personer som blir sjuka caused orsakat orphaned gjort barn föräldralösa

5 The lack of health care puts rural women at a particular disadvantage. They work far longer hours than men and have limited access to resources and control over what they produce. Among their many other tasks, they also bear the double burden of ensuring that their households are fed adequately and caring for the sick and elderly, and for orphaned children. Lack - avsaknad Health care sjukvård Particular särskild Disadvantage nackdel Limited begränsad Resources resurser, tillgångar Tasks sysslor, arbetsuppgifter Bear bär Burden ansvar Ensuring säkerställa Fed livnärda Adequately tillräckligt Elderly äldre orphaned children föräldralösa barn In 2011, Uganda ranked 161 th among 187 countries on the United Nations Development Programme s Human Development Index, in the Low Human Development category.