Table 1.

Land use/cover and changes in Chelekura and Akadot Parishes, Pallisa district, eastern Uganda from 1960 to 2001

Parish/land use	Cover								Changesa
	1960		1973		1986		2001		1973	1986	2001
	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(%)	(ha)	(ha)	(ha)
Chelekura
Cultivated land/homesteads	592	24	441	18	518	21	1127	46	−151	−74	535
Forest	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	−30	−30	−30
Grasslands/trees	324	13	231	9	231	9	0	0	−93	−93	−324
Bush lands	586	24	455	18	417	17	0	0	−131	−169	−586
Papyrus swamps	202	8	606	25	567	23	148	6	404	365	−54
Rice cultivation	0	0	0	0	0	0	458	19	0	0	458
Water	730	30	730	30	730	30	730	30	0	0	0
Total	2463	100	2463	100	2463	100	2463	100	0	0	0
Akadot
Cultivated land/homesteads	627	53	177	15	606	51	926	78	−450	−21	298
Forest	195	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	−195	−195	−195
Grassland/trees	0	0	480	40	195	16	0	0	480	195	0
Bush lands	69	6	288	24	319	27	0	0	219	250	−69
Papyrus swamps	301	25	246	21	71	6	0	0	−55	−229	−301
Rice cultivation	0	0	0	0	0	0	266	22	0	0	266
Total	1192	100	1192	100	1192	100	1192	100	0	0	0

^aBase year for computation is 1960