Disruptive Agricultural Technologies (DATs)- Innovation Challenge
T he DATs innovation challenge was organized by the World Bank- Uganda and the Agriculture Cluster development project to discover and link Disruptive Agricultural Technology (DAT) solutions to challenges faced by the e-Voucher system. The event was held on the 19 th of November 2019 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Uganda. The Permanent Secretary MAAIF and World Bank Uganda Officials pictured with Innovation Challenge finalists- Speke Resort Muyonyo. The e-Voucher system is the instrument for providing a time-bound, partial, and diminishing matching grant for the purchase of key farm inputs. Farmers contribute towards the purchase of key inputs needed to intensify the production of one of the prioritized commodities, on one acre of their farms and improve post-harvest handling through investing in farm-level storage. Eligible farm households receive an e-Voucher that covers part of the expense involved in the purchase of a group of inputs (...