17/09/2024
AVACIDAFRICA recently developed digital and financial solution to seemlessly support framers' to secure credit, banking , advisory and transactional services.
In order to ensure that it is effective, it is in the process piloting in Mukono farmers' and it is involved in evaluation..
The main objective of evaluation is to develop an effective strategy to contribute to accelerated uptake of Teleka Digital Solution to enable cassava, maize and soya- beans crops small-scale farmers’ and other value chain actors’ to overcome social-economic barriers to increase in production and productivity in Uganda. The specific objectives will be to:
e) Construct, deploy and pilot the Digital Solution with cassava, maize and soya- beans crops high-value small-scale farmers’ in Uganda by end 2020 ?
f) Develop content and establishment of innovative and effective content delivery mechanisms to enhance uptake and usability of outputs in phase one by cassava, maize and soya- beans crops small-scale farmers’ and other value chain actors in selected value chains by end 2021 and,
g) Scale-up/out both depth and breadth the Digital Solution outputs among cassava, maize and soya- bean value chain actors’ in phase one and two in the seven districts of Ngora, Kumi, Soroti, Bukedea, Amuria, Katakwi, Mbale and Siroko in the Kyoga Water Management Zone in Uganda by end 2025.
h) Conduct Terminal evaluation for project in 2023 to determine the outcome, impact and sustainability of the project
The primary output of the project, include among others;
1 Enhance smallholder production, productivity, value addition, marketing, better packaging, quality assurance through strengthening farmer producer group organizations, and provision of innovative extension and knowledge management. It expected a total of 3000 farmers’ shall be drawn from seven districts ( Kumi, Ngora, Bukedia, Serere, Soroti, Mbale, and Siroko districts in the project area. Approximately 500 small-scale farmers’ and other value chain actors’ are expected to benefit per district from the project. The revenue and income is also expected to increase per year from increase bulking, value addition and marketing from 2020 to 2023,
2. To increase financial inclusion in rural farming households by advancing season-based credit and a savings and transaction facility to the profiled households through virtual accounts enabled through Centemoney platform, and
3 Enhance supply chains management through aggregating agriculture value chain actors like input suppliers, produce buyers, value addition providers, agriculture mechanization companies and processors .
