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Area-Based
Agricultural Modernization Programme
This six-year IFAD-initiated programme is designed to increase incomes among poor rural households in south-western Uganda by stimulating economic activity and contributing to the modernization of smallholder agriculture. It is consolidating the achievements made under the completed Southwest Region Agricultural Rehabilitation Project. Specifically, the programme aims to:
More than 90 per cent of the area's 5.7 million inhabitants are rural, with smallholders constituting the majority of the population. Economically active smallholders whose livelihoods depend on agricultural production, and existing or potential small-scale entrepreneurs and business associations that provide services to these rural households, are among the main participants. Within these groups, women play a major role in crop and livestock production, processing and small enterprises. The programme has been designed so that funds flow to the districts - and eventually to the subcounty level - as conditional grant "pools". District councils control these pools, which are used to finance eligible programmes and activities identified by interest groups and communities. Source: IFAD |
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