Livestock data : what do Uganda stakeholders say?

The livestock data innovation project conducted an online data survey among Uganda livestock stakeholders. The objective of the survey was to understand uses of and concerns about available livestock-related data and indicators. The multiple choice questionnaire was submitted to 189 stakeholders, to which 57 or about 30 percent responded. Almost 88 percent of respondents make use of district level data, which are produced by local governments, followed by national level data (79 percent), usually disseminated either by Uganda bureau of statistics (UBOS) or by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF). About 71 percent of the respondents use household level data, which are largely, produced by UBOS, for example though the administration of the national panel survey. Stakeholders make use of livestock data for a variety of purposes, including defining their work program and budget; writing annual and quarterly reports; research and analysis; policy formulation; project formulation; and for advocacy purposes. At a meeting of livestock-data stakeholders organized by livestock data innovation project in 2010, participants concluded that there are significant gaps in livestock data in Uganda, some due to missing or inadequate data.