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

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