Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy 2017/18 – 2030/31. Country/Territory Uganda Document type Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Energy, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Forestry, Cultivated plants, Water, Wild species & ecosystems, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Sustainable development Protection of environment Climate change Irrigation Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Poverty Rural employment Financial agricultural measures Renewable energy Wetlands Emissions Food security Food quality control/food safety Processing/handling Forest management/forest conservation Crops/grasses Basin/catchment/watershed Geographical area Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries Abstract This Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS) is a nation-wide multi-sectoral policy document. The goal of UGGDS is to achieve an inclusive low emissions economic growth process that emphasizes effective and efficient use of natural, human and physical capital while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide for present and future generations. The UGGDS focuses on five core catalytic investment areas of agriculture, natural capital management, green cities (urban development), transport and energy. The envisaged outcomes of the UGGDS implementation are: income and livelihoods enhancement; decent green jobs; climate change adaptation and mitigation; sustainable environment and natural resources management; food and nutrition security; resource use efficiency; and social inclusiveness and economic transformation at the sub-national and national levels. Full text English Website www.ndcs.undp.org