What we Do
Our Work
At AFARD, our work is anchored in four strategic pillars that empower communities in Uganda to live dignified, self-reliant lives by promoting food security, inclusive economic growth, good governance, and strong local institutions through sustainable agriculture, youth skilling, and citizen participation.
Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
AFARD seeks to increase agricultural production of diversified foods; increase consumption of diversified foods in hygienic homes; and improve vegetation cover and use. AFARD uses climate-smart, sustainable intensification, and nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices and community-led total sanitation (CLTS) approaches to ensure food and nutrition security. Targeted families are empowered to plan and produce nutritious foods; diversify their food intake to include animal protein, fruits, and vegetables; adopt safe nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene practices; and promote green villages through tree planting, community land regeneration, community food forests, and the use of energy-saving technologies.
Inclusive Market Participation
AFARD strives to increase agricultural productivity and market access; increase youth self-employment in decent jobs; and increase access to business finance. Market-led income diversification is propelled through climate-smart agribusiness and youth skilling to support families or individuals in increasing their income and net worth. Village savings and loans associations (VSLA), business management, and financial literacy trainings are key interventions towards realising these results.
Voice and Accountability
AFARD aims to increase the participation of citizens in local government planning processes and improve local government accountability to its constituency. To address the low participation of youth and women in the affairs of their local governance and abuses meted out on them, AFARD promotes community connections with their local governments and amongst themselves through youth and women leadership development, political capacity building, multi-stakeholder platforms and mainstreaming issues of food security, land, gender, environment, and youth employment in local development processes.