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(...)increased power generation capacity is foreseen through investment in hydro and thermal power plants, new transmission lines, increased rural electrification, and energy-efficiency measures.

(...)There are also projects by IPPs to provide off-grid access. This access is usually achieved by small-scale renewable generation plants. IPPs aim to provide an additional 1,000 MW of clean energy and 1 million new connections by 2020.

Uganda has many tourist attractions, from East African savannah to West African jungle, including Lake Victoria, the Murchison Falls, and the Mountains of the Moon, along with a number of national parks and wildlife reserves, (...)the recent development of oil projects in the Albertine Rift is causing a lot of concern over the environmental impact on the nearby natural reserves, including on the protection of wildlife and the erosion of wetland.

The National Trade Policy charges Government with the primary role of eliminating barriers to trade and providing an enabling environment in which the private sector can thrive, and build capacity to produce quality goods and services competitively, reliably, and on a sustainable basis

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has the main responsibility for formulating and implementing trade policy, although other ministries involved include the ministries of Animal Industry and Fisheries; and Water and Environment

The National Development Plan (2010/2011-2014/2015) identified eight strategic objectives, including promoting sustainable population and use of the environment and natural resources

Second-hand cars of eight years or older are subject to 25% import duty, 18% VAT, 6% withholding tax, and an environmental levy at 20%

Standards dealing with, inter alia, chemicals and environment, and energy management, are prepared by Technical Committees (TCs) composed of consumers, traders, academicians, manufacturers, Government, and other stakeholders, while the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has adopted ISO standards as Ugandan Standards, such as ISO 14000 for environmental management systems

Uganda's main SPS-related legislation includes, among other things, the Plant Protection Act (1964), the Seeds and Plant Act No. 3 of 2007, and the Agricultural Chemicals (Control) Act No. 1 of 2007, with standards for organic products are controlled by the private-sector agency, UGACERT, while other food-related legislation pending and in various stages of development includes: regulations for the Agricultural Chemicals (Control) Act, which would separate the regulation of pesticides from fertilizers to address food-safety concerns about pesticide residues along the food chain, and the draft Biosafety Act and Regulations, pertaining to GMOs

Uganda faces a number of challenges in its agriculture sector: a rapidly expanding population; unsustainable farming practices, leading to environmental degradation and soil erosion; declining crop yields, in part attributable to low use of fertilizer; inadequate pest and disease control, in addition to climate change