114 farmers’ groups up and running in Central Uganda

The first nine months of Farm Africa’s Upland Rice and Legumes project have been a great success!  114 farmers’ groups have been set up across three districts of Central Uganda, meaning thousands of farmers are now working together to learn new skills and improve their harvests. Farm Africa has provided quality, disease-resistant seeds and group members have been learning modern farming techniques that can increase the size of their harvests. Many farmers have already seen their harvest increase by over 30%.

A select number of farmers have also been training to become specialist seed producers, to ensure the farmers’ groups have an affordable, ongoing supply of good quality seeds to use on their land. These farmers have been learning about quality seed production, agronomy and pest and disease management, and now they are starting to plant their seed crops.  So far, 19 hectares of groundnuts and 17 hectares of beans have been established and more are set to be planted soon.

Many more farmers want to get involved in the project and Farm Africa is hoping to have another 86 farmers’ groups up and running by the end of the year.  With your support we can make this happen.