Operation Wealth Creation

 

 

Introduction

Operation Wealth creation (OWC) program was initiated the in FY 2013/2014 to date countrywide.  Since its inauguration, Kiboga District Local Government has received enormous support in terms of improved technologies (planting materials, equipment, animal breeds, feeds and equipment) to improve household incomes and food security. As a result of the above initiatives, Kiboga district is generally food secure due to improved extension services delivery, provision of improved planting materials / animal breeds, improved post harvest handling, and value addition.

This report captures all inputs and their costs, supplied and distributed to selected farmers in the district for the financial years 2016/2017 to date (Table 1). It also highlights key achievements, successful farmers, challenges encountered and recommendations for future interventions.

It also captures the achievements of Kisoboka approach in extension services delivery an initiative and supported Hon Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu in collaboration with the Production department.

Using the Kisoboka approach, Community based facilitators (CBFs) are equipped with knowledge and skills to train fellow farmers in basic farming practices.  Some Community based facilitators are empowered and facilitated with transport means (bicycles), tape measures, hand hoes, spades, wheelbarrows to train fellow farmers (a farmer to farmer extension approach). Under Kisoboka approach, 16 farmers were give pregnant Sows on a revolving approach. A total 14000 banana suckers (10,000 tissue culture plantlets & 4,000 suckers)  were distributed to selected and well prepared farmers in 2019. 

A total of 44 Community based facilitators received bicycles of 24 were procured by Kiboga district LG and the 20 were procured by Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa. However, 24 CBFs were not given garden tools in the Sub counties of Kapeke, Dwaniro, Lwamata & Bukomero.  


Table 1: OWC/ NAADS inputs for FYs 2015/16 to date (15/03/2021).

 

Financial year  inputs & their costs

 

 

       2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Type of input (s)

Unit of

measure

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

 

Quantity

Cost (U shs)

Coffee Seedlings

Number

605,000

181,500,000

300,000

90,000,000

600,000

210,000,000

800,000

280,000,000

0

0

 

0

0

Banana Plantlets

Number

20452

38,006,404

19,658

44,230,500

0

0

15,000

47,700,000

11,000

36,300,000

 

0

0

Bean Seeds (Kgs)

Kgs

12,850

46,260,000

9,870

35,532,000

10,800

40,068,000

8,800

31,240,000

0

0

 

4,000

24,000,000

Cassava cuttings

Bags

0

0

0

0

473

23,650,000

569

28,450,000

0

0

 

0

0

Irish Potatoes

Bags

402

76,380,000

110

20,900,000

127

24,130,000

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

Maize Seeds

Kg

41,330

185,980,000

54,710

254,229,000

10,000

45,000,000

15,400

69,300,000

11,880

57,665,520

 

12,405

56,492,370

Dairy Heifers

Number

35

77,000,000

22

50,600,000

36

85,212,000

18

42,480,000

0

0

 

10

27,500,000

Boran bulls

Number

6

14,100,00

0

0

16

32,480,000

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

Goats

Number

0

0

100

30,000,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

Vaccines (FMD)

Doses

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15,000

0

 

10,000

0

Vaccines (Rabies)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pigs

Number

0

0

0

0

54

16,200,000

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

 Feeds (layer chick mash)

 Kg

0

0

0

0

20,160

46368000

9,600

22,080,000

0

0

 

0

0

Day old Layer Chicks

Number

0

0

0

0

4,200

12,474,000

4,000

16,000,000

0

0

 

0

0

Growers mash

 Kg

0

0

0

0

0

0

8,000

29,386,560

0

0

 

0

0

Chicken feeds

Bags

0

0

0

0

120

5,529,480

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

 Fish  fries ( Tilapia &cat fish)

Number

34,983

9,799,350

12,245

9,000,000

22,112

16,233,600

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

Starter feeds for Fish  Fries

Kgs

4,754

17,100,138

0

0

1,420

5,529,480

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

Ginger sets

Bags

0

0

100

70,000,000

73

42,340,000

30

16,800,000

0

0

 

0

0

Grafted Mango Seedlings

Number

99,018

212,686,000

95,762

335,166,000

111,185

455,856,100

30,000

81,000,000

0

0

 

0

0

Budded Orange Seedlings

Number

300,000

127,500,000

20,000

56,000,000

6,286

22,000,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Passion Fruit Seedlings

Number

0

0

20,000

14,000,000

0

75,250,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pesticides (Thiothiamate, triker & Cyermethrin) from MAAIF

litres

0

0

300

6,250,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

100

0

Inorganic fertilizers (N:P:K)

Bags@50kgs

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

192

23,880,000

0

0

Protective gears (overall & gum boots)

Number

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

Tractors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

0

0

0

Milk coolers

Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total  (UShs)

 

 

972,211,892

 

1,015,907,500

 

1,158,320,660

 

664,436,560

 

93,965,520

 

 

 


Annex 1 Achievements/ success stories

 

 

 

 Maize, Bull for Breed improvement, & Coffee enterprises

Key achievements / successful famers

Ø  Various farmers have been supported through extension services delivery, tractor hire services and provision of inputs (improved animal breeds, planting materials) in abide to promote household income and food security.

                       Table 2: A summary of inputs supplied and number of farmers supported for FYs 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 under OWC / NAADS program

 

Type of input(s)

Quantity supplied

Number of beneficiary farmers supported 

Financial year

Acreages established

Status (physical performance)

Males

Females

Total

Dairy heifers

10

0

10

10

September 2020/2021

N/A

90 % survival rate

18

9

9

19

March –June 2018/2019

N/A

80% survival rate

Maize seeds (Kgs)

12,405

849

469

1,318

Aug- Sept 2020

1240.5

Harvested

Bean seeds (Kg)

4,000

287

194

481

Aug- Sept 2020

133.3

Harvested

Vegetable seeds (Amaranthus, Sukuma wiiki & Egg plants

3kg of @ variety

31

18

49

Aug- Sept 2020

0.5

Harvested

Tractors (TAFE)

02

 

 

 

March 2019/20

-

100% functional

Inorganic fertilizers (N:P:K) – Bags @ 50Kg

192

118

28

146

June  2019/2020

N/A

Applied

Banana tissue culture plantlets

15000

228

80

308

March- June 2018/19

33.7

Good

Day old layer  chicks

4000

14

07

21

March – June 2018/19

N/A

-

Chick & duck mash ( Kg)

9600

14

07

21

Exotic Ginger sets ( bags)

18

13

04

17

March – June 2018/19

2.3

Harvested

Grafted mango seedlings

23,950

469

144

613

March – June 2018/19

28.8

80%  survival rate

 


 

 

Ø  Mechanized farming (tractor hire services). Kiboga district received two tractors (TAFE 60 HPs and TAFE 40 HPs each with a disc plough and disc hallow) to two farmer cooperatives of Dwaniro dairy cooperative and Lwamata grain producers’ cooperative.  These tractors are used at subsided rates in opening up seedbeds (primary tillage and secondary tillage operations) to reduce drudgery and ensure timely farm operations.

 

S/N

Tractor and cooperative name

Rate per acre ploughed

Period

Acres ploughed

1

Dwaniro Dairy and livestock farmers’ cooperative society Ltd. UBF 258M

80,000= to  100,000=

December 2020- March 2021

21

2

Lwamata grain producers’ cooperative.  UBF 380P

80,000- to 100,000=

December 2020- March 2021

86

3

Massey Ferguson: UAT 295H attached to production department- Kiboga

80,000= to  100,000=

December 2020- March 2021

47

 

 

 

Food security status:

 

Kiboga district is generally food secure even during Covid - 19 lock down. This is mainly attributed to the conducive weather conditions (adequate rainfall since March 2020 to date, free abundant family labour force due to closer of schools as a result of Covid- 19 pandemic. Enhanced extension services by both Government and private workers.

 

Table II. A list of some of the successful beneficiary farmers supported under OWC, extension services delivery and Kisoboka approach in Kiboga District. 

 

S/N

LLG

Farmer’s name

Enterprise (s)

Source / Program

1

Kapeke S/C

Christine Kasumba

Banana- Coffee intercrop

OWC/NAADS

Ssentamu Brian

Diary, banana, coffee

OWC/ UCDA

Nyamiringa Dairy cooperative

Milk collection/ bulking & chilling- Milk cooler

NAADS/ OWC

Ms.Sarah Kamyuuka

Bee keeping

Production department- Advisory services

Mutungi

Diary, Pineapple

Production department- Advisory services

2

Kiboga T/C

Hon. Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu

Piggery, goats, Poultry, dairy, banana

OWC/NAADS

Mawejje

Piggery

 

Ssande Byakika

Piggery, Tomato

Kisoboka

Sseguya Moses

Banana, piggery

Kisoboka

Kitaka Mayanja

Banana, Piggery

Kisoboka

Mawazi

Mangoes

OWC/NAADS

Dr. Tingiira John Bosco

Banana

OWC/NAADS

3

Lwamata T/C

Margret Kato Nassande

Bananas, cassava, mangoes, coffee, maize crib, kitchen gardening/ feed tower, goats

OWC/NAADS, MAAIF / production

Kansiime Jane

Mangoes

OWC/NAADS

Kiwanuka John

Dairy, coffee

OWC/NAADS

Kayana Lambert

Mangoes, coffee

OWC/NAADS

4

Bukomero T/c

Col. Mularo George William

Piggery, Poultry, mangoes, water for production, maize mill

OWC/NAADS

Bugembe Ismael

Poultry – Advisory

Own / private

5

Kibiga S/C

Ssebagala William

Piggery           

-

Ndaula Costantine

Coffee, vegetables

OWC/NAADS, Kisoboka

Haj. Kimera Avuga

Mangoes

OWC/NAADS

Kabugo Charles

Mangoes

OWC/NAADS

Katamba Zubairi  (veteran)

Coffee

OWC/NAADS

6

Muwanga S/C

Kanakulya Sam

Coffee, banana

OWC/NAADS

Ssebowa

Coffee

OWC/NAADS

7

Bumoero S/C

Gen. Muweesi

Coffee & fertilizers

OWC/NAADS

 

 

Table III. Farmer Cooperatives formed as a result of Kisoboka and OWC/NAADS interventions in the district

 

S/N

Enterprise (s)

Name of cooperative (s)

Membership

1

Muwanga coffee

Muwanga coffee farmers’ cooperative

120

Bukomero coffee farmers’  cooperative

80

2

Apiary / Bee keeping

Kiboga bee keepers cooperative

93

3

Maize and beans (grain)

Lwamata grain producers cooperative

340

4

Milk collection, bulking & selling

Dwaniro dairy producers cooperative

450

Nyamiringa dairy cooperative society

250

5

Piggery

Kiboga piggery producers cooperative society

68

 

 

 

Key challenges encountered

 

Ø  Inadequate funding (the department only receives PMG and extension grant funds) coupled with budget cuts have crippled implementation of planned sector activities and development projects

Ø  Unpredictable weather changes due to climate change affecting timely farm operations especially seedbed preparation, planting, harvesting and post-harvest handling

Ø  Unfunded priorities (especially water for production and establishment of micro irrigation sites to promoted dry season farming).

Ø  Inadequate funding and budget cuts hindering implementation of planned activities

Ø  Inadequate transport means and fuel allocation to extension workers amidst the high extension to farmer ratio of about 1: over 4500 compared to the recommended 1: 500. This renders the extension workers not visible on the ground.

 

Ø  Increasing incidences of pests/ parasites and diseases outbreaks in both crops (Black coffee twig borer) and livestock especially FMD, Lumpy Skin Disease, New castle Disease, swine fever.

   

Ø  Low adoption of technologies and limited value addition to agricultural commodities

   

Ø  High expectations from beneficiary farmers and yet OWC inputs/supplies are limited

Ø  Declining soil fertility due to continuous cultivation and nutrient mining 

Ø  Counterfeit / fake agro-inputs on the market

   
           
             


 

 

                                                                                             

 

 RECOMMENDATIONS

     

Ø  Lobby for funding projects such as ACDP, Ugfit, pasture resilience to support production sector planned activities.

Ø  Provision of water for production, timely weather forecasting and promotion of climate Smart agriculture technologies

Ø  Increase funding to MAAIF and Production departments in District Local Governments to facilitate extension services delivery.

 

Ø  Provision of more affordable technologies/ inputs and credits to farmers

     

Ø  Strengthen farmer trainings, demonstrations and value additions

Ø  Registration, regulation and training of agro input dealers in safe use and handling of agro-inputs.

     

Ø  Increase surveillance, prevention and control of diseases, pests and vectors

Ø  Strengthen Research Extension farmer linkages

   

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