Uganda
IFAD’s investments in Uganda focus on two main areas; improving the production of traditional export crops and introducing new crops that alleviate the need to rely heavily on imported commodities, and supporting the emergence of producer and community associations. This dual approach enables farmers, rural communities and women to increase the quantity and quality of their produce. It also helps encourage farmers to shift away from subsistence production. Current country strategy also works towards building the capacity of decentralized institutions in support of rural development, increasing the access of smallholder farmers to capital and technology, improving market linkages and mainstreaming gender issues and HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation practices into rural development activities.
