𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚: 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐨-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Research shows that 88% of Uganda’s land is arable, and the country’s economy is predominantly agricultural. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, Uganda’s fertile agricultural land has the potential to feed 200 million people. This is why our Livelihoods Department prioritizes farming as a means of empowering the refugees we work with.

Given the increasing innovations in the agricultural sector, we have made it a priority to participate in the National Annual Agriculture Trade Show, held annually in Jinja City, Uganda, where most of these innovations are showcased.

As in previous years, our Livelihoods Officer joined other livelihood and clean energy sector partners operating in the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement to attend the 30th Annual National Agriculture Trade Show, which ran from July 24th to August 4th, 2024. The team also included model farmers from the refugee community, who are expected to return and help improve farming practices among their peers, thereby strengthening the livelihoods sector in the Kiryandongo Settlement.

Brian Gonzaga, GRI’s Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment Officer, who attended the event, shared his thoughts: “𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.”