Land is the lifeblood of the Ugandan economy. With more than 70% of employment in agriculture, most households in Uganda still rely on land and its economic potential to support livelihoods and access finance for private sector economic activities. This includes women-led households which constitute 28% of households in the country.

Climate change poses a major challenge for land management with land degradation and overuse of natural resources. Insecure land tenure makes it difficult to make medium-to-long-term decisions about sustainable land use. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), security of land tenure is essential to addressing climate change through undertaking adaptation and mitigation activities.