Agriculture Cluster Development Project

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 (fertilizer, seed, on-farm sto

Introduction The Agricultural Cluster Development Project (ACDP) is a six-year development project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries and funded by the World Bank. It is implemented in 12 geographical clusters covering 55 districts. The project targets the development of five commodities of Maize, Rice, Beans, Cassava, and coffee. The objective of the project is “ To raise on-farm productivity, production, and marketable volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specified geographical clusters” Project components The project has four key components Component 1: Support to the intensification of on-farm production Component 2: Value addition and Market Access Component 3: Policy, Regulatory and Institutional support Component 4: Coordination and Management, and ICT Platform Project beneficiaries  The project target to reach 450,000 farmers, especially smallholders, and other value chain actors at the local, district a