The Influence Of Poverty Alleviation Programme In Improving The Lwelihood In Rural Uganda: A Case Of Kyenjonjo Town Council, Kyejonjo District

ABSTRACT

The study focuses on the influence of poverty alleviation programs on

improving the live hoods on the rural population in Kyejonjo district.

It was noted that the rural population depend on agricultural sector and

research findings noted that Agricultural growth is seen to benefit farm

households due to poverty alleviation programs in rural live hoods directly by

raising incomes and food security, but also to benefit both urban and rural

households by promoting higher wages, lowering food prices, increasing the

demand for consumer and intermediate goods and services.

The findings show that the impact of poverty alleviation programs impact the

rural population on; Wage earners were noted by 20% of the respondents in

Kyejonjo district that it impacts on poverty alleviation program for rural

population. Permanently employed agricultural workers

Self-employed, Employment was noted by respondents that 25% of the

findings show that poverty alleviation program create employment in Kyejonjo

district. Adding that large landowners: run enterprises specialized in

agricultural production. They use advanced technologies and benefit from

access to credit, crop insurance, and technical assistance in Kyejonjo district.

The finds show that poverty alleviation programs has a lot of challenges to implement such the integrate more strategically all the sectors of the economy particularly as they impact on the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups of society (the poorest of the population in Kyejonjo district. It was concluded that the government need to reshape the programs that are pro poor to improve on rural live hoods of the population in Kyejonjo

district.