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Vegetable Oil Development Project
This eight-year project is supporting the government's growth strategy by revitalizing and increasing the production of domestic vegetable oils. In this way, smallholders’ dependence on imports will be reduced and opportunities will emerge for them to increase their cash income. Project activities are being implemented in two locations: Bugala Island in the Kalangala District and Bwamba County in the Bundibugyo District. The project is helping to develop an oil-palm industry, chiefly involving smallholder growers and private-sector processors. It is introducing industrial-size mills that are energy-efficient and environmentally sound, and developing appropriate technologies to optimize production and processing, especially at the homestead level. The project is also helping to establish a Vegetable Oil Development Fund to support increased vegetable oil production and processing at the village and rural levels. The project is also supporting government efforts to set up a consultative body to facilitate discussion and learning between farmers, trade associations, processors, financial institutions and other partners involved in shaping the development of the vegetable-oil subsector. It is estimated that more than 7,000 smallholder farm families (a total of 42,000 people) will directly benefit from the project. Particular attention is being given to youth, the landless, the unemployed and women in the selection of oil-palm outgrowers and access to credit. Source: IFAD |
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