Building Resilience and Inclusive Growth of Highland farming systems for rural Transformation (BRIGHT)

About this project

The BRIGHT project’s vision is to promote inclusive economic growth and rural transformation through equitable integration into value chains. The core of the project focuses on strengthening farm households’ adaptive management capacity to develop strategies and adopt behaviors that bolster resilience through inclusive decision-making using Integrated Farm Plans (IFPs). Household members’ ambitions and assets will inform this joint household vision to build farm-household and farming-system resilience. Recognizing the complex interdependencies between people and ecosystems that affect resilience, the BRIGHT project will work with farm households to promote the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, including diversification of production and use of quality inputs, to mitigate the negative impact of climate-related shocks and boost production. Farm households will explore alternative income generating activities, including off-farm and non-farm activities, to build resilience of the households.Farmers and their families will improve their management and maintenance of household assets—including natural resources, such as soils, and livestock. Natural resource conservation at the farm-plotlevel and the community level is critical to strengthening the resilience of farm households and farming communities to climate-related shocks. Within the community, resilience activities will strengthen social safety nets and social cohesion through village savings and loan associ…

Published by

International Fertilizer Development Center · International NGO

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Agricultural development

Focus

Climate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Implemented by

International Fertilizer Development Center

Accountable

International Fertilizer Development Center

Published by International Fertilizer Development Center to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 23 Dec 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: US-EIN-63-0676451-BRIGHT.

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