Uganda - Forestry Rehabilitation Project

Documnent of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 6427-UG STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT UGANDA FORESTRY REHABILITATION PROJECT May 27, 1987 Eastern & Southern Africa Region Northern Agriculture Division This documat has a rdricded dlslbxbon and may be used by recipients only In the pedoman of I their officl dtes. 1t conten may no otherwise be disclosed wthout World DnBk authoiaon  CURRENCY EQUJVALENTS Exchange Rate: U Sh 1,400 - US$1 (At Appraisal - June 1986) U Sh 6,000 = US$1 (At Negotiations - May 1987)1/ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Metric System.) Fuelwood conversion factors: 1 ton of fuelwood = 1.43 m3 (solid) of fuelwood 1 stere (stacked m3) of fuelwood = 0.6 m3 (solid) of fuelwood ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACFO Assistant Chief Forest Officer ARDC Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Center CFO Chief Forest Officer CIDA Canadian International Development Agency DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DCFO Deputy Chief Forest Officer DFO District Forest Officer ED Energy Department EEC European Economic Community ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program FD Forestry Department FO Forest Officer GOU Government of Ulanda ICO International Coffee Agreement ILO International Labour Organization IWEFPP Integrated Wood Energy Farming Pilot Project KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (W. Germany) MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MPED Ministry of Planning and Economic Development NFC Nyabyeya Forest College NGO Non-Government Organization ODA Overseas Develepment Administration (UK) Oxfam Oxford Committee for Famine Relief PF-WP Project File - Working Paper PIT Project Implementation Team SAWP Staff Appraisal Working Paper SDA Special District Administration SRO Senior Research Officer UNDP United Nations Development Program UNEP United Nations Energy Program USAID United States Agency for International Development VSO Voluntary Service Overseas WFP World Food Program WICO Wood Industries Corporation WPA VWorking Plan Areas FISCAL YEAR July 1 - June 30 1/ Following currency reform announced in May 1987, 100 units of local currency (old U Sh) as expressed in the SAR are equivalent to I unit of local currency (New U Sh).  FOR OFFIC0L USE ONLY UGANDA FORESTRY REHABILITATION PROJECT Table of Contents P4ge No. CREDIT AND PROJECT SUMMARY l-il CHAPTER I: COUNTRY AND PROJECT BACKGROUND A. Geography and Econoty ...................,... ... 0.,.... 1 B. Agricultural Sector .*****.**@* *****o.*****.e 3 C. Forestry Subsector ..........................,....... 3 D. Forestry and Energy Institutions ...................e 6 E. Bank and Other Donor Involvement in the Sector and Subsector *9.*.....eeee......o...*..,ooee.oe 9 F. Project Origin and Justification ........,.........0.... 10 CWAPTER II: THE PROJECT A. Project Objectives *..........,.,....**...*..... 11 B. General Descriptlon oe., 11 C. Detailed Description **e....