QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; UGANDA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Quality seeds and fertilizer as well as transportation of farm produce to market.
Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
NAGO Farmers Support Group Limited distributes quality farm inputs to smallholder farmers in rural Uganda.
NAGO will identify groups of smallholder farmers, then train and empower their members to use improved farm inputs. The venture will avail improved farm inputs to trained group members and will carry out farmer screening, especially of those buying on credit to determine credit readiness, and then determine repayment method. NAGO will also conduct field visits to farmers to assess their experience with the farm inputs, gather impact stories, and issue repayment reminders. The venture will launch in Jinja district in Eastern Uganda with plan to scale to the neighboring communities.
NAGO co-founders all have experience in working with smallholder farmers. Godfrey Nanzigwa, the Managing Director, worked as Capacity Development Specialist at Grameen Foundation on initiatives that support smallholder farmers and he recently conducted a research project on the role of Agricultural financing, Farmer training and the Performance of smallholder farmers. Elizaphani Nkuutu, the Technical Director, is an Agriculturalist by profession and he previously managed maize projects at Volunteers Efforts for Development Concerns (VEDCO), and National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS). Jolly Josephine Nakityo, our Field Manager, previously worked as Field Manager and later as Assistant Field Director with One Acre Fund, a farmer support organization using a model similar to that of NAGO.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
70 Smallholder farmers enrolled over the first three months, reaching 420 people
Raise additional $10,000 within first three months
Reach 1,800 beneficiaries by the end of year 1
Reach 7,200 beneficiaries by the end of year 2
FOUNDING TEAM
Godfrey Nanzigwa - Co-founder and Managing Director
Nkuutu Elizaphani - Co-founder and Technical Director
Jolly Josephine Nakityo - Co-founder and Field Manager