The dynamics of location: a Von Thunen-supply analysis of the changing characteristics of cotton in Uganda

Abstract

With the increasing popularity of regional and district planning, there is growing necessity to infuse a spatial dimension in economic analysis of African development phenomena. This paper is an attempt to integrate the Economic Geography of one Location theory (Von Thunen) with the economic statistical analysis of supply to explain the dramatic changes in the agricultural landscape in Uganda that is increasingly showing a relocation of cotton out of its traditional habitat, Central Uganda.