The 2020 evaluation explored the COVID-19 impact on agribusiness revenues, farmer incomes, and performance of loan portfolios during the 2020 to 2021 period, where the agriculture sector endured shocks arising from the COVID-19 impact. Download Report [...]
This brief highlights the trends in evolution of the financial inclusion landscape, subsequent to the proliferating Fin Tech industry, key constraints to scale (opportunities), lessons learned and proposed interventions for adoption by FinTechs and aBi-Finance Download Report [...]
Climate change is among the worst global challenges of our times. It threatens the livesand livelihoods of over 100 million people globally. The effects of climate change havebeen more evident and adverse in the agriculture sector, a critical driver for economicgrowth and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. The sector contributes [...]
Agriculture is critical to Uganda’s efforts to attain poverty reduction and overall economic growth. Over 80 percent of its rural population are employed in the sector and contribute about 75 percent of agricultural production. In 2019, agriculture contributed around 21.9 percent to the Growth Domestic Product (GDP), 46 percent of [...]
Beginning from the first quarter 2020, aBi initiated a new process that is intended to formally collate, disseminate, publish and learn from both internal nowledge gained from implementing the Business Plan 2019-23 as well as external sources. The purpose of the LKM briefs is to promote use of evidence to [...]
Farm inputs must be available, affordable, accessible, and of good quality for agriculture to prosper. Seeds, fertilizers, and agrochemicals are essential for improving the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in developing countries. Download Report [...]
The Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS 2017/18 –2029/30) aims to ensure that the goals of the Uganda Vision 2040 and the NDPII 2015/16-2019/20 are attained sustainably. Although there is no standard global definition of green growth, in Uganda’s context, green growth is defined as an inclusive low-emissions economic growth [...]
The Agricultural Business nitiative (aBi) is a major player in facilitating agricultural sector growth in Uganda. aBi acts as a vehicle for channeling technical and financial support to smallholder farmers through its Implementing Partner (IP) agribusinesses across the country. aBi aims to build a strong and competitive agriculture sector. The [...]
Analysis of aBi’s additionality to the supported value chain poses specific barriers to achieving systemic impact. Compounded with limited efforts in documenting interventionprocesses to inform further knowledge base for adapting and scale up appropriate practices.It is adequate for aBi to pursue a strategy based on evidence to generate adaptive impact [...]