Developing farmer identified value chains for key EOA commodities

Maize, beans and Honey production

We continued to support the value chain of beans, maize and apiary with Mubende youth. During the year, activities were geared towards strengthening skills in marketing. Kulika Uganda signed 20 agreements with local traders and established at least one bulking Centre per Sub County together with the youth farmers. These became central places for selling of the farm produce.

There was a general drop in prices, which happened towards the end of the project and affected the marketing of maize. Nevertheless, youth embraced farming as a profitable means of employment and demonstrated this through investing the income from sale of crops in purchasing household equipment, homestead renovations and constructions, livestock stocking and buying of bibanja as well as plots.

Groundnuts and Simsim in Tororo

World Vision Uganda in collaboration with World Vision Finland Word Vision Ireland and Kulika Uganda is implementing a 3 years European Union funded project:

The Cross-Sector Collaboration for Inclusive Green Growth in Busia and Tororo Districts’ started well with visits to the farmers. The green economy stimulates green livelihoods for 6,000 women and youths in Busia and Tororo districts through enhanced skills, linkages and enabling environment.

We organized a Farmer Field day which was held in Sikuda Sub County, Busia District with the theme; promoting organic Agriculture for sustainable food and income security. The field day increased visibility of the project activities in the area, exhibited various green growth production practices and technologies, provided a platform for farmers to share experience with the different stakeholders on green production practices and room for linking farmers with the different market actors for improved green agricultural production.  The day was attended by the Local Government officials i.e. District commercial officer, Assistant Resident Commissioner who addressed the gathering and thanked World Vision Uganda and its implementing Patterns for improving the Livelihoods of farmers.

The green production practices that were exhibited included, fuel saving stoves both the Lorena and rocket type, process of compost making, liquid manure making, soil and water conservation measure practices i.e. L- bridges, retention ditches and contours, organic pesticides making, products of honey and process exhibited by the HIVE, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) practices, post-harvest handling practices, storage technologies such as air tight grain storage bags and silos, Citizen Voice Action (CVA), practitioners showed what is involved in CVA and how it is done. 

Skilling youth and adult farmers for agricultural employment

We developed one day training sessions for the community around Kulika Centre in poultry, piggery and vegetable production. In most cases, communities that live near training centers are not engaged in the training activities.  To demystify this, Kulika trained 100 community members at a radius of 5Km from the training Centre in one day tailor made training on poultry, Piggery and Vegetable production to enable them acquire basic skills in running those enterprises.  After the training at least 55% established one of those enterprise and we have continued to follow up with them and give them on farm support visits. Some of these community members will be enrolled for the ongoing Key farmer Training