Ngoma youth skills development

Building young farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate risk and run agribusinesses in Ngoma sub-county, Nakaseke, using farmer field schools as the place to learn.

Objectives

• Build 100 Ngoma youth’s capacity to adapt to climate change risks within six months
• Skill 100 youth in agribusiness value chain management
• Strengthen youth farmer organisations in Ngoma

Results

• 100 youth mobilised and organised into 8 farmer field schools
• All 8 farmer field schools trained in pasture establishment and conservation
• Pasture planting material supplied to the 8 sites, covering 32 acres
• 8 water harvesting demonstrations set up
• Each farmer field school running its own income-generating agribusiness project