CO-AFCE - Climate Smart Agriculture

About this project

The total population of the selected sub counties we are working in is 34,897 people, with an averagefamily of 6 people per household. The population is largely women, youth and children. Agency forCommunity Empowerment (AFCE) works with smallholder farmers to build their capacity to takeleading roles in the sustainable development of their community and environment in the entire West Nileregion. AFCE recognizes the important roles played by women and youth in agriculture and naturalresource management in Uganda, despite having greater financial and resource constraints and lessaccess to information and services than men. Because of these inequalities, women face uniquechallenges when it comes to sustainable livelihoods and climate change.Land degradation, poor soil, and high dependence on rain-fed agriculture is still a substantial barrier tothe efforts of the Ugandan government and NGOs to increase householdfood security and income. Theonset, duration and intensity of rains vary considerably yearly and unpredictable weather patterns haveimpacted the livelihoods of the people negatively, especially women, in Uganda.Despite various interventions by many development partners, women and youth are still prone to climateinduced hazards, and in some cases contribute to the climate crisis (ex: cutting trees for charcoal, burningagricultural residues, etc.).In these circumstances, AFCE would like to upscale the support of women and youth smallholderfarmers to practice climate-smart…

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Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07531-03:UG.

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