Production and Marketing

Department Composition

Production department is composed of 5 sub sectors namely; Crop, Livestock, Entomology, Agricultural engineering and Fisheries. The thrust of the national development will largely depend on how best agriculture is transformed from peasant to mechanisation.  There is also need to increase in a sustainable way agricultural production and productivity for improved household food security and income, thus improving the quality of life of the farming communities. All this is planned to be achieved through Operation Wealth Creation under NAADS transformation programme.

Key Functions

  1. Coordinating the preparation of Production and Marketing budgets and Strategic Action Plans for the district;
  2. Coordinating the implementation of Government production and marketing policies, programmes, projects and regulations and district budgets and Strategic Action Plans;
  3. Coordinating the delivery of production and marketing extension services in the District;
  4. Providing technical guidance and advice to the administration of the District and District Council on production and marketing issues, programmes and projects;
  5. Monitoring the detection and control of the threat and occurrence of pests, vermin and animal epidemics in the District;
  6. Monitoring the use and management of production and marketing facilities in the District;
  7. Promoting appropriate production and marketing technologies and best practices in the District;
  8. Identifying market potential and advising the producers appropriately; and
  9. Providing and regulating Veterinary and animal husbandry activities and related services to farmers.

 Service delivery levels/indicators

No. of plant marketing facilities constructed

No. of livestock vaccinated

No. of livestock using dip tanks

No. of livestock slaughtered

Quantity of fish harvested

No. of dish ponds constructed

No. of anti vermin operations executed

No. of parishes receiving anti vermin operations

No. of tsetse traps deployed

No. of trade sensitisation meetings organised

No. of businesses inspected for compliance to the law

No. of awareness radio shows participated in

No. of enterprises linked to UNBS for product quality and standards

No. of market information reports disseminated

No. of producers or production groups linked to market internationally through UEPB

No. of cooperative groups mobilised for registration

No. of cooperative groups supervised

No. of tourism promotion activities mainstreamed in DDPs

No. and names of hospitality facilities e.g. hotels, lodges and restaurants

A Report on the nature of value addition support existing and needed

No. of value addition facilities in the District

No. of opportunities identified for industrial development

No. of production groups identified for collective value addition support

PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR FY 2019/2020

      In collaboration with NAADS Secretariat under OWC, 170,10kg of maize seed, and 12,102 Tissue cultured banana plantlets procured and provided to farmers

      Verified all delivered planting materials (Maize and Banana plantlets).

      In collaboration with UCDA we verified 14 coffee nurseries which are currently supplying coffee seedlings to farmers.

      120 trainings were conducted in crop yield enhancement technologies and improved livestock management practices by Field Extension staff

      In collaboration with Water for People project construction of six fish ponds was supervised in Kampala Bigere parish- Biguli.

       160 movement permits issued out to monitor animal movements and control  livestock diseases district wide.

      Weekly animal disease surveillance conducted  along livestock stock routes, markets and slaughter places.

      Deployed 24 pyramidal tsetse traps in Kamwenge Sub County.

      Trained  five Bee keepers groups in Kahunge, Busiriba and Bihanga subcounties

      Under component three of DRDIP; Economic Empowerment through Livelihoods Grants; Four watersheds namely Omubihwa in Bwizi subcounty, Mukukuru in Biguli subcounty, Mpanga in Nkoma/Kahunge subcounties and Katebe-Buteraniro in Bihanga subcounty were identified and mapped.

      Thirty (32) groups have received funds worth Uganda shillings 653,200,000 to implement their subprojects.

POLICY DIRECTION FOR FY 2020/2021

Agriculture  to be a driver of economic growth in Uganda

MAAIF will lead the implementation of a revitalized structural and institutional framework for effective coordination of all public, private, and civil society actors towards realization of a common vision of: “Prosperous farmers and other agricultural actors for socio-economic transformation and welfare of the population

Key interventions will be in the following  areas;

§      Value addition through agro processing

§      Investment in water for production

§    Strengthening cooperatives to improve agricultural value chains and collective marketing

§     Enforce farmer registration  and supporting  nucleus/model farmers

§     Up scaling  agricultural mechanization

PLANNED INTERVENTIONS FOR FY 2020/2021

      Develop coffee tourism: Coffee tourism involves linking coffee farmers to consumers under a farm-to-cup approach, with consumers touring farms and sharing experience with the farmers. The feedback from tourists is expected to help farmers better their methods, which will in turn lead to increased production of high quality coffee hence boosting returns.

      Parish level farmer registration and supporting model/ nucleus farmers

      Strengthen disease, pest and vector control and quality assurance.

      Train farmers groups in group formation and dynamics, constitution making, recording and record management

      Strengthen  farmer groups in group cohesion, decision making, constitutionalism and conflict resolution

      Mobilize farmers and develop Farmer Institutions

      Train farmers on improved agricultural  productivity  improvement technologies

      Support  eligible farmer groups with livelihoods grants under DRDIP

      Collection analysis and sharing of Agricultural statistics

      Verification of all planting and stocking materials before distribution to farmers.

      Guide farmers on profitable Enterprise selection and improved market access.

       Invest in water for Agricultural production (irrigation, water for livestock and aquaculture)

      Prioritize  Private-Public Partnerships in value addition to boost Local Economic Development (LED)

      Monitor and provide support supervision to field staff