A report from a field mission to Uganda, providing a review of the existing and planned activities in the country and identified specific interventions under the strategic programme.

The purpose of the planned DFID-funded Strategic Programme for Information on Sustainable Livelihoods is to improve the availability of information to support the sustainable livelihoods approach through relevant policies, institutions and processes. The programme is to be developed through a six-month preparatory project.

The goal of the preparatory project and the strategic programme is to improve poor rural livelihoods, and the purpose is to improve the effectiveness of FAO’s information systems in influencing poor people’s livelihoods.