PROSPERITY FOR ALL

PROGRAMME IN UGANDA

AND ITS BENEFITS TO THE

COMMUNITIES

(PFA)

PRESENTED BY Margaret Muhanga Mugisa

MP KABAROLE DISTRICT

Parliament of Uganda

At the Agri Business Forum 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

15TH JUNE 2009

Prosperity For All PFA programmes in Uganda started many years

back. But in 2005 the government decided to put more emphasis on poverty alleviation. This followed the end of fighting a 21years protracted war waged by the terrorist rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda.

Investment opportunities

Uganda is the only country in the world which offers attractive business incentives to investors. These include among others; free land for investment and tax free imports.

Aims of PFA

The following principles are the major focus in implementation of PFA;

At least each household should have a daily income

Each Household should have food security

House holds to be organized into marketing groups for purposes of achieving enough volumes and attract buyers.

The end result is poverty alleviation. The government is implementing PFA through The

National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme under the Ministry of Agriculture

PILLARS OF PFA

Production

Value Addition

Marketing

Microfinance

Pillar 1:PRODUCTION

Uganda is known to produce high quality products and each of these

components of production requires careful analysis and management by the people.

The countryside is rich in agriculture, ever green with good whether and three planting seasons each year

Crops grown for food security and

income generation

Perennial crops have for daily income

Oranges and Cabbage

Women form 70% of food production in Uganda

Mangoes

Mangoes are harvested twice a year

Pineapple

Apples

Seasonal crops; Maize Plantation

Maize ready for harvest

Rice growing

Uganda has been promoting growing of upland rice. This has taken root in many non-traditional rice-growing areas of Western Uganda

Some of the cash crops grown in

Uganda

Tea

Tea is grown on large scale and Uganda has one of the largest tea estates in the world

Vanilla A farmer exhibits his vanilla

Poultry farming in Uganda

Poultry farming for egg production is being promoted as a daily income earner under Propriety For All program.

Poultry farmers also earn from selling broilers

Off layers are also sold

Fish farming

Below is a man made fish pond

Fish for daily income being

displayed by farmers in rural

Kayunga District.

Diary farming

Farmers on small land holdings are advised to keep a few animals

Pillar 3: VALUE ADDITION

Value addition is necessary to improve the quality and longevity products

Increase shelf life, to improve packaging.

Lack of electricity hinders industrial development in rural areas.

Value addition requires technology, and machinery to process the raw goods to finished and non perishable products.

Rice processed and packed ready

for export

Rice that is packed by Kibimba Rice Scheme is sold in all major super markets and food stores in Uganda

Value addition

Maize milling by farmers in Masaka District

The flour is exported to neighboring countries like; DRC, Rwanda and Southern Sudan

MARKETING

Poultry farmers in Kabarole District parking their eggs for sale

Harvested perishables

Oranges and garlic ready for the market

More crops ready for the market

Export of food/cash crops from

Uganda

Uganda also exports fish, beef and bananas to Europe. However there is need for expansion of the market to other countries in Asia and America in order to widen the market.

Coffee, cotton, cocoa tea, vanilla etc are exported to Europe, Asia and America.

Uganda now exports food to Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan and Rwanda.

Challenges of marketing

Poor infrastructure i.e., the road network which makes transportation of produce from rural areas to urban places very difficult.

Lack of electricity for small scale industries in rural areas.

Perishable crops cannot last long

Pillar 4: MICROFINANCE

There is need for rural financial institutions to boost the capacity of farmers. Most banks are urban based leaving the rural people un attended.

The government started rural Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOS) in every sub-county in Uganda.

Money is given to small scale rural farmers through farmer groups at very low interest rates.

Transformations

Farmers who have embarked on high production have transformed from small mud and wattle houses to modern homes as can be seen in the following pictures.

This transformation is aimed at getting everyone a descent livelihood and in the long run, it will be achieved.

Before

After the production

Investment opportunities

There are thousands of investment of opportunities in Uganda especially in agro processing as you have all heard and seen.

I thank you for listening to me.