Promoting Agroecology Assisted Transition to Enhance Food Security and Incomes among Small-holder Farmers through Inclusive Participation and Digital Technologies in Uganda (PATHS).
Funder: SOS Faim
Target: The target
beneficiaries of the proposed PATHS project will be women, men, and youth who
are directly engaged in agriculture between the age of 15 and 60 years.
Project
Overview
In Uganda, approximately 7.4 million
households operate agricultural land/or rear livestock. Women dominate the
agricultural sector by usually undertaking activities such as sowing,
harvesting, head carrying of produce, crop-drying, winnowing, seed selection, and
pig and poultry-rearing. Other tasks, such as weeding, bagging, and crop
storage, are almost equally undertaken by both women and men. However, women
who spend most of their valuable time in agriculture than men own only 31% of
the land, and the rising population and growth of incomes have increased the
demand for food and agro-processed products, therefore, necessitating
identifying and scaling the approaches that can improve livelihoods and
environment based on common learning about organic and agroecological farming. Smallholders
farmers are sinking deeper into poverty with decreasing primary school
enrolment, deteriorating nutrition, and health challenges from increased
pressure on the environment amidst frequent and severe climate conditions, made
worse by the continued dependence on rain-fed agriculture, poor agricultural
practices, low technological adoption, insecurity over land ownership, poor
access to extension services, low-quality inputs, and lack of credit ultimately
causing threats to food security and sustainable agricultural development. This
five years project will work with 6 farmer groups established comprising 30
members each (using the ratio of 70 of women:30 men) in the Uganda-Rwenzori
region (Kyenjojo, Kabarole, and Kamwenge District)
to increase and improve smallholders' farmers' resilience to food
security by instigating the level of transition to a sustainable food system
through inclusive participation and the use of digital technologies for sustainable
agricultural production in Uganda by 2026.
Project
Duration: June 2022 -June 2026
