Lumu, David2026-06-122026-06-122017-09-28Lumu, D. (2017). Drought pushes poverty to 27%. New Vision.https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/5577Newspaper articleA combination of drought, price fluctuations and a rise in crop and livestock diseases has pushed more Ugandans below the poverty line, a new survey by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has revealed. According to the 2016/2017 Uganda National Household Survey, the poverty index in the country has jumped from 19% to 27%, with Busoga, Bukedi and Karamoja as the worst affected sub-regions. A total of 17,320 households were sampled.enArticle