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ACDP 2020 best Visionary Agriculture government project

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  The Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) was awarded the best Visionary Agriculture Government project of the year 2020 at the annual Visionaries of Uganda Award ceremonies. This was done in recognition of their outstanding contribution towards helping Uganda achieve Middle income goal and Vision 2040. The Awards were presided over by H.E Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi the Vice President of Uganda under the theme “Celebrating Dynamic Leadership and strengthening of Fundamentals of the Economy to realize Uganda’s Vision 2040” ACDP declared effective on January 23, 2017, is a partnership project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the World Bank, financed by the International Development Assistance (IDA) of the World Bank. Its main objective is to raise on-farm productivity, production, and marketable volumes of selected agricultural commodities like maize, beans, rice, cassava and coffee, spanning over 57 districts. The project target