Programs
Protecting and Promoting Food and Seed Sovereignty
ESAFF Uganda focuses on promoting and protecting the rights of small-scale farmers and citizens to control our food systems, including markets, ecological resources, food cultures, and production modes.
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ESAFF Uganda achieves this through using the following modes:
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Community Agroecology Schools - These are community learning centres that bring together different farmer groups
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Agroecology Clubs - These are in learning institutions like primary, secondary/high schools and universities focusing on sharing knowledge with students
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Agroecology School for Journalists and Communicators - This is an online school that teaches journalists and communicators to support the transition to agroecology
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Farmer Field Schools - These focus on promoting FMSS through empowering small-scale farmers in PPB and nutrition. Small-scale farmers are improving access to Plant Genetic Resources (PRG).
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Community Seed Banks - These are seed collection, storage, sharing, and distribution centres in communities.
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The Land Rights Support Centre - A platform focused on providing land rights information and support to small-scale farmers.
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ADRM Committees - These are trained locally-based committees that support resolving land disputes.
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Enabling voices, Demanding rights tool in Large Scale Land Based Investment (LSLBI) - This tool is used for meaningful community engagement in Large Scale Land Based Investments in Agriculture.
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Creating opportunities for Economic Empowerment of small-scale farmers especially women
ESAFF Uganda aims to skill small-scale farmers and empower them to overcome economic challenges. ESAFF Uganda works to ensure livelihoods are resilient and profitable by empowering small-scale farmers’ especially women and youth, to improve productivity and profitability.
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ESAFF Uganda achieves this through using the following modes:
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Agroecology Business Hub - This is a platform that addresses 3 business limitation for small-scale farmers i.e. capacity, capital and market.
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KilimoMart App - This is an online market platform that small-scale farmers use to sell their products and services.
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Business Showcase - Through partnership with different business-focused event organisers (organisations/private sector), small-scale farmers have an opportunity to show case their businesses.
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Women in Agriculture (WiA) Conference - This is an annual conference that brings together women to discuss and strategise.
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PESA Agro Enterprise Marketing Model - This model was developed by ESAFF Uganda and PELUM Uganda to contribute to addressing marketing issues for small-scale farmers.
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Influencing Public and Private sector Agriculture Financing for agroecology
ESAFF Uganda focuses on increasing small-scale farmers’ participation in influencing financial investment in the agriculture sector by both public and private sectors and influencing regional and continental agriculture development targets.
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ESAFF Uganda achieves this through using the following modes:
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Public Expenditure Tracking (PETS) Committees - These are community level budget tracking teams that critically follow public expenditure and report findings.
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Budget Dialogues - These are organized from community to national levels to influence public and private financing in the agriculture sector.
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Building a strong Small-scale Farmer-led Policy Influencing Movement
ESAFF Uganda focuses on strengthening membership from the sub-county level to the national level. ESAFF Uganda focuses on building a strong small-scale farmer-led policy influencing structures of the Forum from the grassroots to the national level and contributing to regional and global processes.
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ESAFF Uganda achieves this through using the following modes:
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Group Dynamics Model - This focuses on group assessment and action planning to build self awareness and action-led panning.
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Community Action Planning System (CAPS) - These are set of tools that enable small-scale farmers understand action planning as an effective method of advocacy at community level.
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Agroecology Library for Small-scale Farmers - This platform focuses on collecting, summarizing, translating and distribution of information to small-scale farmers in ways that can easily be understood and utilized.