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Presentation of activities by
Caritas MADDO under the GMPIby Tonny Kyambadde Agricultural Extension Worker at Caritas MADDO
Overview
• Introduction
• LISEFAP areas– Food Security– Environment– Water access– Marketing
• Questions and Answers
Caritas MADDO
• Masaka Diocesan Development Organisation• Church based organisation • Since 1981• Development department of Masaka Diocese• Offering social services and Development work in eight
civic districts
Vision: A society of Persons Actively Involved in Holistic Development.
LISEFAP
• Livelihood Improvement through Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Production
• Rakai districtpopulation of 383,501 people
A need for LISEFAP
Main source of livelihood: agriculture
Low agricultural production
•Food insecurity
•Environmental degradation
•Low access to clean water
•Low income - markets
Food Security
• Poor farming practices
• Soil fertility degraded
• Lack investment capital
• High cost of inputs
• Climate change effects
Food Security - Activities
• Training CBEAs
• Compositing
• Input support: crop & animal
• Demo plots
Food Security - Achievements
Environment
• Massive tree cutting
• Encroachment on forest reserves, wetlands
• Soil exhaustion
Environmental Protection
• Sensitisation
• Tree nurseries
• Seedling distribution
• Energy saving stoves
• Support to big tree planters
Access to clean water
• Water Sources: rivers, wetlands, rain, lakes
• Water sources not protected
• 52 % access to clean water (Uganda)
Access to clean water - Activities
• Trainings
• Shallow well
• Water source committees
• Low cost underground water tank
Poor access to markets
• Farmers poorly organized
• No collective voice
• Poor road conditions
• No access to market information
• No value addition
• Exploitation from middle men
Marketing
• Training: leadership, cooperatives, savings & credit
• Group formation and cooperatives
• Support for maize mill and coffee hullers
Marketing - Achievements
Thank you for listening
mwebale nnyo!