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Title:Overpopulation and its effects in the Gombolola of Buhara, Kigezi
Author:Turyagyenda, J.D.
Year:1964
Periodical:Uganda Journal (ISSN 0041-574X)
Volume:28
Issue:2
Pages:127-153
Language:English
Geographic term:Uganda
Subject:demographic change
Abstract:Buhara today suffers from overpopulation. With an entirely rural population of 17, 420 on an area of roughly 25 sq. miles, the gombolola has therefore a density of nearly 800 persons per sq. mile. The land holdings are estimated to be 0.75 of an acre, on average. In the pre-colonial era population concentration in the area resulted from tribalconflicts and pressures. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries further population concentration resulted from the migration of Bakiga joining their other clan members in southern Kigezi, from Byumba district in Rwanda. The present problem of overpopulation has generally been a result of a high natural rate of population increase. The very high population density has been shown to have grave effects on the land although in the short-run this has been able to support a rapidly-increasing population through the sophisticated agricultural system. It is only too obvisou that this serious and delicate situation, where there is a shortage of land where fragmentation has acquired such great proportions, calls for immediate remedial measures. References; figures; tables.
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