Strengthening Communities Through Food Security
Project Name :
Ensuring Food Security and Ending Poverty: Strengthening Communities Through Food Security, Nutrition and End Poverty.
Duration:
01st April 2019 TO 31st October 2020
Location:
Villages of Kasokwe, Kataigwa, Banda and Baale in Kayunga district
Status:
Completed
Project Name :
Ensuring Food Security and Ending Poverty: Strengthening Communities Through Food Security, Nutrition and End Poverty.
Duration:
01st April 2019 TO 31st October 2020
Location:
Villages of Kasokwe, Kataigwa, Banda and Baale in Kayunga district
Status:
Completed
Project Overview
Akasi Farm Initiative embarked on an empowering project where we donated 50 pigs, 30 sacks of maize seeds and 10,000 pineapple suckers to 200 families in 4 villages of Kasokwe, Kataigwa, Banda and Baale. Workshops were also conducted to train families in agribusiness, sustainable farming, and water preservation methods.
Objectives of the Project
- To reduce poverty by providing good breeds of pigs to families which can be sold to make money.
- To educate families about agribusiness and modern ways of farming.
- To reduce improve food security by providing standard maize seeds and pineapple suckers.
Project Activities
- Mapping out: Selecting appropriate recipient candidates from the 200 beneficiary families to receive pigs, maize and pineapple suckers.
- Training: educating participants about modern farming methods and agribusiness in lots of 50 per training session.
- Distribution of Livestock and seeds: to appropriate candidates.
- Monitoring and follow up: field visits by Akasi farm veterinary doctors and agricultural experts to monitor the 200 participants for a year
Project Results
- 90% (180) of the families given maize seeds where able to get high yields.
- 10% (20) had poor yields because of poor management, pests and diseases.
- 98% (196) of the families given pineapple suckers yielded highly after harvest .
- Pigs received an 80% success rate.
- 10 families weren’t very successful because of; pig diseases, lack of feed and poor management.
