Total Economic Value of Wetlands Products and Services in Uganda

Table 15

Summary of total economic contribution of wetlands in three agro-ecological zones of Uganda.

Resource contribution (US$)	Southwestern farmlands	Lake Victoria crescent	Kyoga plains
Availability
Fish breeding/spawning	134,119	673,956	283,369
Fish production	464,295	372,300	365,000
Crop farming	417,536	3,310,200	25,090,560
Livestock grazing/pastures	2,411,460	837,814	994,443
Livestock watering	19,291,681	6,702,510	7,955,540
Value added through milk production	7,717	2,681	3,182
Wetland grass for mulching	4,202,000	4,456,000	8,658,000
Accessibility
Papyrus	864,484	1,660,080	2,054,080
Papyrus crafts	2,288,340	3,984,192	5,006,820
Services/functions
Domestic water supply	4,333,947	6,865,838	2,724,610
Nonuse values	298,139,030	1,402,240,250	704,898,632
Total economic value to food availability	26,928,808	16,355,461	43,350,094
Total economic value to food accessibility	3,152,824	5,644,272	7,060,900
Total economic value through services and functions	302,472,977	1,409,106,088	707,623,242
Total  economic  value  of  wetlands  to  food  security	332,554,609	1,431,105,821	758,034,236
Costs of management and maintenance of wetlands
Management costs	19,040	14,200	15,428
Opportunity costs	1,404,266	6,614,910	3,325,280
Total  economic  cost  to  maintain  the  wetlands	1,423,306	6,629,110	3,340,708
Net   economic  value  of  wetlands  for  food  security	331,131,303	1,424,476,711	754,693,528
Net  benefits  per  hectare  per  year  (US$)	11,358	10,388	10,948