Free Access | August 2022

Labour Externalisation In Uganda: Implications For The Agro-Industrialisation Agenda

Authors/Editors: Ibrahim Kasirye (PhD) ,  Madina M. Guloba (PhD) ,  Aida Kibirige Nattabi ,  Elizabeth Birabwa Aliro

Abstract:

This paper examines the potential labour externalisation could present in sustainably driving Uganda’s agro-industrialisation (AGI) agenda. This paper examines externalisation from the standpoint of seeking employment either formally or informally outside Uganda’s borders. For the agricultural sector, labour externalisation arises from seasonal or structural underemployment. The externalisation concept sometimes implies labour deployed outside the primary economic niche, for example, agriculture (Erdkamp 1999), or employment within a country through shift working or outside the country.