Seeds of Change: Empowering Farmers for a Resilient Future - GCP/UGA/065/NET
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Uganda has made notable progress in poverty reduction, with the proportion of poor households declining from 33.8 percent in 1999/2000 to 20.3 percent in 2019/2020. However, poverty remains a challenge, affecting 26 percent of the population, over eight million people, according to the Uganda National Household Survey (2019/2020). Achieving the SDGs, particularly SDG 1 and 2, depends on transforming the agricultural sector, which accounts for 24 percent of the gross domestic product, for 33 percent of export earnings, and employs 70 percent of the population. Uganda’s National Development Plan III prioritizes agricultural value chain development, market access, private sector engagement and institutional strengthening. A systems-based approach is essential to ensure that agricultural growth is inclusive, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable while addressing key challenges such as limited access to agricultural inputs, pests and diseases, post-harvest losses, market failures, climate risks, environmental degradation and gender inequality.This project, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), leveraged its expertise to strengthen food and nutrition security, income and livelihoods of smallholder farmers through the development of inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems. It focused on two key value chains: cassava in Nakasongola, Luweero and Nakaseke (Outcome 1) and passion fruit in Kiryandongo, a refugee-hosting district (Outcome 2). Additionally, under Outcome 3, the project advanced Uganda’s food systems agenda by piloting a data-driven governance approach in Nakasongola, Kiryandongo and Kabale.