page_title: Kasese District
section_title: Economic activities
hierarchical_section_title: Kasese District / Economic activities
caption_attribution_description: English: Women from the Bukonzo Organic Co-operative Union in the kasese region of Uganda preparing to dry their coffee cherries on the raised drying bed. This is an image of "African people at work" from Uganda
context_page_description: Kasese District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, the town of Kasese is the site of the district headquarters.
context_section_description: Kasese district is mainly agricultural with over 85 percent of the people being peasant farmers who depend on subsistence farming for their livelihood.  It has two rainy seasons that come between March to May and August to November. Temperatures normally range between 23 °C and 30 °C. Crops grown include:
  Millet
  Cassava
  Maize
  Sorghum
  Groundnuts
  Beans
  Irish Potatoes
  Sweet potatoes
  Matooke
  Passion fruit
  Tomatoes
  Cabbage
  Cotton
  Oranges
  Coffee
  Chili peppers
  Mangoes
  Pineapples
  Pears
  Apples
  Sugar cane
  Most of the agricultural produce is either sold locally or transported for sale in Kampala and to other cities and towns in Uganda. Fish farming is slowly taking root in the district and demand for the fish is high both locally and in neighboring countries. Livestock kept in the district includes: Cattle, goats, pigs and poultry. Fishing also occurs on Lake George and on smaller crater lakes in the district. There are two main landing sites on the shores of Lake George, Mahyoro and Kayinja.
  The district's main border crossing is Mpondwe, where some 25,000 people cross to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo every day.
caption: Women drying coffee
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