Uganda - North -West Smallholder Agricultural Development Project

The Smallholder Agricultural Development Project addresses the pressing issue of poverty reduction in the North West Region of Uganda. The project focuses on enhancing food crop production, with which the beneficiaries are familiar and also encourages private supply systems for the inputs so that the technologies, once established, can be sustained. It is articulated around five components: (i) Production Enhancement Component, which aims to improve land and labour productivity by increasing crop yields per hectare, encouraging more profitable crop combinations and expanding cultivated area per household; (ii) Marketing Opportunities Component which aims to expand market opportunities, reduce marketing losses and enhance the market value of commodities; (iii) Rural Infrastructure Component, which aims to improve rural access roads linking farms to markets and market infrastructures; (iv) Micro Credit and (v) Support for Coordination and Management. The project will be implemented over a five-year period.