With funding from ADH and AWO International, AFARD implemented this one-year pilot project whose goal was, “Increasing food and income security of South Sudanese refugees and host communities in northern Uganda.”
The project formed, strengthened and registered six farmer groups with 150 members (50% refugees and 65% females) and 979 household population (75% female). It trained 12 model farmers (06 females), 06 VSLA mentors (2 females), and 06 poultry paravets (02 females) as peer extension agents. The project established 12 acre of demonstration/learning plots, provided agro-inputs (including 450 startup birds, 1,500 tree seedlings) and 06 VSLA kits. Finally, it trained farmers in good agronomic, poultry management and climate smart practices, VSLA methodology, selection, planning and management of income generating activities (IGA – SPM), financial literacy, and collective marketing and also supported business clinics, community poultry vaccinations, and nutrition education and family planning awareness.
The project results included:
- Refugees secured 100 acres’ farm land from the nearby host community (at Ilanga).
- Increased adoption of kitchen garden model by 97% of the households with better uptake of vegetable consumption in every meal.
- Groups saved a total of UGX 11,667,200 million and 32% of the households started alternative income generating activities.
- Increased household income from UGX 209,197 at baseline to UGX 270,664.
- Food security increased from 69% to 90%, extreme poverty reduced from 79% to 59%, and women empowerment increased from 42% to 65%.
Project Budget: UGX 80,586,000
Donor: AWO International and ADH
