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INTRODUCTION The article seeks to underscore the dismal performance of agriculture in Uganda despite the sector having the critical potential to leverage and power the development process of the country today. This notion is backed by the fact that during the 1950s up to the early 1970s, Uganda’s socio-economic landscape was a shining model of development within East Africa particular and Africa as a whole. Apart from the introduction therefore, the other aspects to be covered herein include, background, Situation Analysis of Agriculture and Rural Development in Uganda, Prospects for ICT-led Interventions to boost Agriculture in Contemporary Uganda and in the Southern Societies and, recommendations. Hopefully, the details that will come out about these aspects will provide a clear direction as to how best to harness ICT applications so as to transform the agricultural sector and the hence, leap-frog Uganda’s entire development process from its current “trend of survival” to that of sustainable prosperity
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Amnesty International's report, released on Tuesday 1st November 2011, accuses the Ugandan state of targeting critical journalists, civil society activists and opposition political leaders with "arbitrary arrest, intimidation, threats and politically motivated criminal charges". And, the report warns, the situation could deteriorate further if the government pushes through proposed legislation to curb protests and crack down on dissent.
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In November 2006, the five regional commissions of the United Nations embarked on a three-year project aimed at empowering poor and disadvantaged communities through the transformation of existing ICT access points around the world into nodes in regional/global knowledge networks. The project aimed at increasing the involvement and engagement of disadvantaged communities with emphasis on women and youth by encouraging and promoting the dissemination, in existing or yet-to-be created access points, of knowledge in key areas of sustainable development like employment, education, gender and health.
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The UNAIDS Director of the Regional Support Team for East and Southern Africa, Dr. Sheila Tlou, is expected in Uganda next week for a two-day working visit from November 9-10. Dr. Tlou, who joined UNAIDS on 1 October 2010 will be visiting the country for the first time to boost country high-level advocacy towards HIV prevention. While here, she is expected to meet with Government leadership and partners to discuss the HIV response, within the context of UNAIDS support.
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The latest Human Development Report has just been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report is an independent publication commissioned by the UNDP with the aim of putting people at the centre of development, going beyond income to assess people’s long-term well-being. The report also contains the latest Human Development Index, a way of measuring development by combining indicators of life expectancy, educational attainment and income. The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals.
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