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Agri-Energy Projects in Uganda
Powering irrigation, enabling processing and strengthening value chains for greater productivity and resilience
Kijjude Regenerative Farm
📍Location: Kalanamu, Luweero District, Central Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Regenerate Africa + Rapid Advisory Services
⚡Scale: 40 ha demonstration farm
🤝Beneficiaries : ~1,000 households
40 ha demonstration farm for regenerative agriculture practices in Luweero to benefit approximately 1,000 households through sustainable farming methods.
Step Change: Demonstration of RE
📍Location: Kyankwanzi, Kiboga, Luwero districts.
👥Managing Entity : Citizen Science Initiative (H2020)
⚡Technologies: Renewable energy for agriculture.
🤝Purpose: Identify impacts & scale-up potential
Demonstrated renewable energy applications for agriculture to identify impacts and scale-up potential for RE-PUE integration in rural communities.
Regenerative Cotton Project – Kidepo Landscape
📍Location: Karenga & Kitgum Districts, Northern Uganda
👥Managing Entity : African Wildlife Foundation + DADO
⚡Technology: Regenerative Agriculture
🤝Partners : African Wildlife Foundation, DADO
Launching regenerative cotton value chain among smallholder farmers in northern Uganda to promote regenerative agriculture, restore land, and support smallholders.
Regenerative Agriculture Project – Women Farmers
📍Location: Jinja, Rukungiri, Arua, Lira districts
👥Managing Entity : All in One Women's Association (ALOWA)
⚡Focus: Women's capacity building in RA
🤝Target : Women farmers in 4 districts
RA capacity building among women farmers across 4 districts to improve soil health, biodiversity and resilience through regenerative practices
Building a Green Agri-Food Ecosystem in Uganda
📍Location:Uganda (national)
👥Managing Entity : Korea Green Growth Trust Fund/WBG
⚡Technology: Climate-smart agriculture + digital tech
🤝Focus : Climate adaptation & mitigation
Grant supporting climate-smart and regenerative agri-food system with digital technology integration for climate adaptation and mitigation.
MACCA – Measures Against Climate Change in Agriculture
📍Location:Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda
👥Managing Entity :Agropreneur Initiative + partners
⚡Target: 1,000 female maize farmers
🤝Support : RA training + credit support
RA training and credit support for female smallholder maize farmers in Busoga region to improve adaptation and income through climate-resilient practices.
Better Harvests with Solar Energy
📍Location: Kyenjojo District, Western Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Urbis Foundation + RUWONET
⚡Target: Solar irrigation systems
🤝Beneficiaries:50 smallholders (mostly women)
Solar irrigation demonstration in Kyenjojo empowering 50 smallholders (mostly women) to increase incomes and make solar energy usable for agriculture.
Productive Use of Energy (PUE) Program
📍Location: Uganda (various rural off-grid)
👥Managing Entity : New Energy Nexus Uganda
⚡Technologies: Solar pumps, dryers, milling machines
🤝Target: ~21,000 cooperatives
Off-grid energy solutions for agricultural cooperatives including solar pumps, dryers and milling machines to reduce waste and boost incomes.
GOGLA-USEA PUE Scale-up Partnership
📍Location: Uganda (national)
👥Managing Entity : New Energy Nexus Uganda
⚡Technologies: Solar pumps, dryers, milling machines
🤝Target: ~21,000 cooperatives
Off-grid energy solutions for agricultural cooperatives including solar pumps, dryers and milling machines to reduce waste and boost incomes.
Bio-Energy for Agriculture + Rural Livelihoods
📍Location: Uganda (6 sites)
👥Managing Entity : Mandulis Energy + Verst Carbon
⚡Technologies: Biomass gasification, biochar
🤝Target: Clean energy production + rural livelihoods
Biomass gasification combined with biochar production and electricity generation to improve rural livelihoods and provide clean energy across 6 sites.
Solar Energy for Dairy Cooling (PURE)
📍Location: South-western Uganda
👥Managing Entity : FRES Uganda + SNV
⚡Technologies: Solar-powered milk chillers
🤝Beneficiaries: 60 farmers + 206 businesses
Solar cooling systems for dairy farmers with additional support for small businesses to reduce spoilage and improve processing in South-western Uganda.
Integrated Energy Pilot – Utilities 2.0
📍Location: Mukono District (Kiwumu & Nyenge)
👥Managing Entity : Power for All + utility pilot.
⚡Technologies: Appliance financing + off-grid DRE
🤝Beneficiaries: Increase business revenues >70%.
Appliance financing combined with off-grid DRE for productive use in rural businesses to increase revenues through PUE asset deployment.
Agriculture & Energy Mapping – Power for Food
📍Location: Uganda (national)
👥Managing Entity : CREEC + partners
⚡Focus: RA-PURE mapping & analysis
🤝Goal: Build resilient food systems powered by RE
RA-PURE mapping initiative to identify energy-agriculture nexus opportunities and build resilient food systems powered by renewable energy.
Off-Grid/PUE for Rural & Agricultural Communities
📍Location: Uganda (various rural)
👥Managing Entity : EnGreen + Green Powered Technology
⚡Technologies: Solar pumps & modern agri-tools
🤝Beneficiaries: Cooperative-based PUE adoption
PUE adoption in agricultural cooperatives through solar pumps and modern agricultural tools to improve livelihoods in rural communities.
PIE Equipment Subsidy & Credit Support Programme
📍Location: Uganda (national)
👥Managing Entity : Government of Uganda / UECCC
⚡Support: Credit financing & subsidy scheme
🤝Focusl: Water-pumping, irrigation, cooling RETs
Credit financing for PUE companies and subsidy scheme for water-pumping, irrigation and cooling renewable energy technologies to make them more affordable.
Green Future Farming – Elgon Region
📍Location: Elgon Region (Kapchorwa, Kween, Bukwo)
👥Managing Entity : AidEnvironment
⚡Focus: RA + value-chain restoration in coffee
🤝Focusl: Restore land, boost productivity, engage youth
Regenerative agriculture and value-chain restoration in coffee-growing regions of Elgon to restore degraded land and engage youth in sustainable farming.
PUE Project for Dairy & Agri-Business
📍Location: South-western Uganda
👥Managing Entity : FRES Uganda + EEP Grant
⚡Technology: Minigrids for milk cooling
🤝Purpose: Reduce spoilage, scale PUE for agri-business
Minigrid project for dairy cooperatives providing milk cooling and local power connections to reduce spoilage and scale PUE for agricultural businesses
Water for Dairy Business (W4DB)
📍Location: Kiboga & Dwaniro regions
👥Managing Entity : Heifer International + Aqua For All
⚡Technology: Solar-powered water supply systems
🤝Beneficiaries: ~15,000 dairy farmers
Solar-powered water supply and milk logistics solution including boreholes, solar pumps and overhead tanks linked to dairy cooperatives.
SAYE (Stimulating Agribusiness for Youth Employment)
📍Location: Busoga sub-region (11 districts)
📅Duration : 2023-2029
⚡Value Chains: Poultry, horticulture, dairy, oilseed
🤝Beneficiaries: ~250,000 youth, especially women
Large-scale agribusiness youth employment project covering multiple value chains to empower youth through skills, finance and market access.
Solar for Sustainable Income in Dairy (SSID)
📍Location: Multiple dairy centres, Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Heifer International Uganda
⚡Technology: Solar PV systems for milk chilling
🤝Funding: Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities
Solar PV systems for milk chilling centers at dairy cooperatives to reduce diesel costs and post-harvest losses while increasing farmer incomes.
Local Economic Growth Support (LEGS)
📍Location: 17 districts in Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Microfinance Support Centre + partners
⚡Components: Value chain dev, microfinance, water accessg
🤝Target: 2.3 million people (51% women)
Multi-sector project covering value chain development, microfinance, and water access to stimulate sustainable economic growth across 17 districts.
MSC Piggery Demonstration Project
📍Location: Kibale District
👥Managing Entity : Microfinance Support Centre + Catholic Church
⚡Focus: Piggery demonstration farm
🤝Purpose: Practical training & livelihood improvement
Piggery demonstration farm in Kibale District for practical training and livelihood improvement among rural households through sustainable livestock farming.
MSC Agro-Input Lending Product
📍Location: Uganda (nationwide)
👥Managing Entity : Microfinance Support Centre
⚡Inputs: Seeds, seedlings, spray pumps, irrigation tools
🤝Purpose: Practical training & livelihood improvement
Financing product for agro-inputs including seeds, seedlings, spray pumps, irrigation tools and fertilizers for farmer groups and SMEs.
National Oilseeds Project (NOSP)
📍Location: 81 districts across Uganda
👥Managing Entity : MAAIF + IFAD + partners
⚡Scope: Oilseed sector transformation
🤝Infrastructure: 2,500 km rural road rehabilitation
Transform oilseed sector through improved market access and rehabilitation of 2,500 km of rural roads to link farmers to markets across 81 districts.
Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation
📍Location: Uganda (selected value chains)
👥Managing Entity : MAAIF + NARO + UNMA
⚡Focus: Climate-smart agriculture technologies
🤝Goal: Increase resilience & productivity
Adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices to improve productivity and resilience in selected agricultural value chains.
Multi-Sector Food Security and Nutrition
📍Location: Uganda (national)
👥Managing Entity : MAAIF + Ministries of Health & Education
⚡Focus: Agriculture, nutrition, education integration
🤝Funding: GAFSP/World Bank
Multi-sector project integrating agriculture, nutrition, and education to improve food security and nutrition through value chain support.
Tractor Financing Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Mechanism
📍Location: Uganda (nationwide scaling)
👥Managing Entity : Heifer International + Hello Tractor
⚡Technology: Digital booking platform + PAYG tractors
🤝Target: ~70,000 smallholder farmers
Access to mechanisation via PAYG tractors and digital booking platform to improve on-farm productivity for smallholder farmers nationwide.
INSPIRE Project – Uganda
📍Location: 9 districts in Lango & Busoga
👥Managing Entity : GOAL Uganda + partners
⚡Focust: Sustainable land use, inputs, finance & markets
🤝Target: 200,000 smallholders
Improve sustainable land use, inputs, finance and market access for 200,000 smallholders across 9 districts in Lango and Busoga sub-regions.
Regenerative Cotton Project – Kidepo Landscape
📍Location: Karenga & Kitgum Districts
👥Managing Entity : African Wildlife Foundation + DADO
⚡Scope: ~32,000 ha degraded land restoration
🤝Target: Cotton value chain + land restoration
Promote regenerative agriculture in cotton value chain and restore approximately 32,000 ha of degraded land in Northern Uganda.
Land Restoration
Building Sustainable Resilience of Smallholder Coffee Farmers
📍Location: 6 districts in Central & Eastern Uganda
👥Managing Entity : African Wildlife Foundation + DADO
⚡Target: Coffee farming resilience & agro-forestry
🤝Practices: RA practices integration
Enhance small-scale coffee farming resilience through agro-forestry and integration of regenerative agriculture practices across 6 districts.
Youth Initiative for Community Empowerment (YICE)
📍Location: Kassanda district & other rural areas
👥Managing Entity : Youth Initiative for Community Empowerment
⚡Focus: Smallholder RA training
Smallholder regenerative agriculture training including water harvesting and organic fertilizer production for community empowerment.
Solar Irrigation Subsidy Program
📍Location: Nationwide smallholder farms
👥Managing Entity : Nexus Green Ltd + MWE
⚡Scale: ~4,000 systems installed
🤝Support: Subsidies for small-scale solar irrigation
Government subsidy program for small-scale solar-powered irrigation systems with approximately 4,000 systems installed nationwide.
Kimora Greengrow Farm
📍Location: Paicho Sub-county, Gulu District
👥Managing Entity : Kimora Greengrow Farm
⚡Focus: Youth-led regenerative vegetable farming
🤝Activities: Seedling supply & training for smallholders
Youth-led regenerative vegetable farming and seedling supply training for smallholders in Northern Uganda to promote sustainable agriculture.
Market Linkages for Livelihoods & Land Restoration
📍Location: Multi-district, Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Uganda Ministry of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives
⚡Scale: 40,000 ha degraded land restoration
🤝Target: 60,000 smallholders
Restore 40,000 ha of degraded land with 60,000 smallholders while building market linkages for improved agricultural livelihoods.
Regesoil Uganda
📍Location: Nakivale Refugee Settlement
👥Managing Entity : Unidos Social Innovation Centre
⚡Focus: Soil-health training & demonstration
🤝Context: Refugee settlement agriculture
Soil-health training and demonstration in refugee settlement context to promote regenerative agriculture practices among displaced populations.
SASAKAWA Africa Association – Uganda RA Programme
📍Location:Uganda (nationwide programme)
👥Managing Entity : Sasakawa Africa Association
⚡Training: ISFM, agro-forestry, conservation agriculture
🤝Focus: Extension training for smallholders
Extension training in Integrated Soil Fertility Management, agro-forestry, and conservation agriculture for smallholder farmers nationwide.
Fertilizer Blending & Input Market Expansion
📍Location: Initial 12 districts, Uganda
👥Managing Entity : Grainpulse (IFC/GAFSP supported)
⚡Focus: Fertilizer blending factory + input supply
🤝Focus: ~200,000 farmers
Fertilizer blending factory establishment and smallholder input supply services to approximately 200,000 farmers across Uganda.
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