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Improved security enables the displaced to cultivate

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    Improved security in the Gulu and Kitgum districts of northern Uganda has enabled displaced people to access and cultivate their lands. USAID’s Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) in Uganda reported that the onset of well-distributed rains also triggered farming activities. It quoted local NGOs as saying many adults left camps for the farms early in the morning, returning late in the evening. Some had even returned permanently to their farms. FEWS noted that the combination of large acreages being cultivated and good rains favoured increased crop output.

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