Uganda - National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project (NLPIP)

The National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project (NLPIP) is one of the Government of Uganda’s interventions under the Livestock Industry designed to contribute to the overall government policy of poverty reduction to attain the UN Millennium Development Goals for the country. The intervention is specifically necessary to restock these districts and in general increase agricultural productivity of poor households; provide productive assets to poor farmers; and improve nutritional and food security of poor rural households. In addition it is necessary to improve the enabling environment for livestock development and empower poor rural households, particularly women and the disadvantaged, for them to manage their resources better. The expected impacts is improved food and nutrition security; increased disposable incomes, creation of income generating activities; creation of employment to local people, improved living standards of rural people, and poverty reduction.