Input distribution to farmers continues amidst the COVID 19 scare
U ganda reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 22 nd , 2020 and immediately after, H.E the President of Uganda ordered restrictions on movement of people, cars, motor cycles and closure of shops and all non-food stores for 14 days to contain the spread of COVID 19. The immediate impact of the shut- down was the survival of most citizens whose livelihoods depend on daily income, small businesses and subsistence farming. In addition, production, supply and demand to the markets slowed down thus threatening food security during both the lockdown period and post lockdown. The directive also brought to a halt the distribution of inputs in the districts, yet under the e-subsidy program, farmers had already paid their contributions towards the costs of Inputs. The Ministry of agriculture through ACDP had also topped up subsidies to the accredited agro-input dealers to provide inputs to farmers. At the time of the presidential directive, most of the farmers were yet to rec