How appropriate is the single spine structure abstract uganda s agricultural extension system has experienced several changes since colonial times. With growers in the village producing similar crops and unable to buy from one another the excess output goes to waste. Assessing the impact of the national agricultural advisory services naads in the uganda rural livelihoods. Of national agricultural advisory services naads programme for the year ended 30th june 2015 this section outlines the detailed audit findings, management responses, and my recommendations in respect thereof. Pdf the national agricultural advisory services naads program of uganda is an innovative publicprivate extension service delivery. Mr president, naads should be reformed, not terminated. Farming ugandas naads stamble is that only 15 per cent of uganda s population lives in towns and these are not enough to absorb what is produced by farmers in the countryside, he said then. It was designed by ip, in conjunction with naads, and has the main objective of providing indepth. A comparative study of naads and hpi programs in bungokho subcounty, mbale district, uganda. The national agricultural advisory services naads program of uganda is an innovative publicprivate extension service delivery approach, with the goal of increasing market oriented agricultural.
Report the impact of the national agricultural advisory services program on household production and welfare in uganda geofrey okoboi, annette kuteesa, and. Although the country covers just 241, 551 km2 and accounts for only 0. The manufacturing sector should be driven by the private sector with proper regulation from the government. The national agricultural advisory services naads program of uganda is. Participation of youth in community development programs. Despite wellintended interventions in extension reforms, a large number of smallholder farmers and other vulnerable groups. The ministry of gender, labour and social development moglsd greatly appreciates the financial and technical support of unicef uganda which made the mapping process possible.
Uganda bureau of statistics ministry of finance, planning and economic development. This account gives details of the underlying reasons for the perceived failures of naads project in uganda and possible recommendations. Uganda is a party to the convention on biological diversity cbd of 1992. In uganda, one of the projects which have received media attention because of their perceived failures is the national agricultural advisory services naads. Naads supls171800101 for procurement of 110 tractors and matching implements changes have been made as follows. World journal of social sciences and humanities, vol. Republic of uganda, country programme evaluation, rome, april 20. Doc contribution of naads to the improvement of farmers. Naads has been around for over 10 years, however, majority farmers continue to remain at the bottom of wealth pyramid.
Government of uganda gou, with the assistance of development partners started the national agricultural and advisory services naads program geared towards increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural extension service. Overview of uganda s naads programme the naads programme has gone through a number of policy changes. Uganda national agricultural advisory services project english abstract. Impact evaluation of the national agricultural advisory. National agricultural advisory services naads located in kampala, uganda. The program has evolved to include the distributions of agricultural technologies to farmers. Communication strategies in the age of decentralisation. The new national agricultural advisory services naads extension program has emphasized a farmercentered approach. Uganda biodiversity and tropical forest assessment report.
Relevance the national agricultural advisory services programme naads was designed as a 25 years program with an initial phase of 7 years. Uganda remains reliant on huge industries to create employment opportunities. The ifad evaluation manual also deals with the lack of intervention, that is, no specific. Youth participation in government international alert. Some sub counties receive only sh390,000 as graduated tax compensation. Organization is a semi autonomous public agency within the ministry of agriculture animal. In early 2009, a report by uganda s auditor general concluded that 63% of money allocated to naads activities was wasted because farmers disliked classroomstyle training given by contracted. Introduction i n the 1990s, developing countries, including uganda, witnessed wideranging reforms in the ag. At the district level, extension falls under the department of natural resources environment, land and. Eradicating extreme poverty among the rural poor in uganda. To this extent, this action research intends to escavate what went wrong, discover the fault line, and generate proposals on what. Pdf reasons for perceived failures of national agricultural. The purpose of the study was to examine stakeholder and ethical climate in naads project in kasese district.
Production of sunflower oil in uganda, 199020 tons 32 figure 9. Before the advent of naads, agricultural extension services in uganda were. The planned procurement schedule subject to changes is as follows. In uganda, the biggest constraints to agricultural production include. Uganda uganda national household survey 20052006 data. The research problem was that the impact of unethical climate and lack of stakeholder involvement is a major obstacle in the delivery of.
The second is the formulation of a plan to communicate the national water policy nwp and rural water transition plan in mozambique. National agricultural advisory services programme ifad. Naads sample size hhs 2004 2007 panel early naads 200102 402 402 323 intermediate naads 200203 300 300 202 late naads 200506 0 81 81 non naads 200 417 1 conducted household hh surveys in 2004 and 2007 719 panel hhs. Analysis of extension systems in uganda for identification. There are many projects known to the public which have received attention because of their perceived failures. Extension in uganda is under the ministry of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries maaif and the national agriculture advisory services naads. This study was carried out by the national agricultural advisory services of uganda naads with the support of faos integrated support to sustainable development and food security programme ip. A case of naads program in the central region of uganda article pdf available in records management journal 273. The relevance of naads was the object of particular scrutiny in the uganda. Pdf records management and procurement performance. According to the ministry of agriculture animal industry and fisheries maaif, naads aims to. Economic infrastructure agriculture of the community questionnaire. The status of the child protection system in uganda acknowledgements this report is the outcome of collaborative efforts of multiple child protection actors.
Uganda is exceptionally important in terms of biodiversity, with surveys reporting the occurrence of 18,783 species. The purpose of the study was to explore the farmers experiences and perceptions of the naads agricultural extension systemsprogram in kabale district, uganda. The impact of the national agricultural advisory services. He noted that as a strategy for employment, uganda needs to move into manufacturing, which would create employment and a better sustainable development index. Analyzing uganda s poverty reduction initiatives the poverty eradication action plan peap 1997, marked a period in which uganda had a specific policy focus on poverty reduction strategies. Naads programme in vurra subcounty, arua district uganda for a period of 20012007.
Youth participation in government programmes in uganda 7 of the 153 respondents who were beneficiaries of the naads programme, just over half 54. Naads was supposed to be a specialised unit that would offer information, knowledge and techniques to rural farmers. National agricultural advisory services naads kampala. National agricultural advisory services naads business profile on yellow. Uganda case study introduction this paper is based on the findings of a joint dfid, fao and odi factfinding mission to uganda in october 2001, which interviewed a wide range of government and nongovernment staff from organisations involved in communications or information on agriculture at national, district and subdistrict levels. The strategic frame work that guided naads phase i was a decentralized, farmer owned publicprivate sector serviced extension system contributing to the realization of the agricultural sector objectives rou, 2001. The national agricultural advisory services naads program of uganda is an innovative publicprivate extension service delivery approach, with the goal of increasing market oriented agricultural production by empowering farmers to demand and control agricultural advisory services. Naads publications national agricultural advisory services. The initial seven years for the first phase cover fy20012002 20072008, estimated by naads to cost ii funding. Ratings for the national agricultural advisory services naads project for uganda were as follows. Categorized naads presence into three cohorts according to year naads program introduced into subcounty data. The iganga lc5 chairman asuman kyafu blamed it on the lack of resources.
Naads has little impact on farming productivity eprc. National agricultural advisory services naads and the northern uganda social action fund nusaf. Prioritising farmers extension needs in a publiclyfunded. Government of uganda gou, with the assistance of development partners started the.
Pdf assessing the impact of the national agricultural advisory. It was developed within the policy framework of uganda s poverty eradication action plan peap and its design well responded to the. Uganda national agricultural advisory services project. Assessing the impact of the national agricultural advisory. This study quantifies the initial impacts of naads in the districts and subcounties where the program was operating by 2005.
Background to the study asia by 26 percent and 20 percent respectively by. Pdf assessing the impact of the national agricultural. This study was based on results from the agricultural module of the uganda national household survey unhs 200506 by uganda bureau of statistics ubos. National agricultural advisory services naads secretariat plot 5, kyadondo road, legacy towers b, floor 4 p. The main objective of this study was to establish the effect of agricultural inputs and extension services on household crop production in uganda. Impact of most of these has been lacklustre, due to the failure to consider the chronically poor in the conceptualisation formulation and.