Regenerative Agriculture

SAWA mainstreams Regenerative Agriculture (RA) as a pillar of its Strategies. Environmentally, Regenerative Agriculture seeks to increase soil fertility by increasing soil microorganisms and sequestering carbon dioxide, so as to improve the physical structure of soils, increase water retention capacity, and reduce soil erosion and topsoil dispersal caused by strong winds.

Nutrition sensitive agriculture

In Uganda, nutritional deficiencies among children are due to poverty and a lack of awareness on the importance of a nutritious diet have been regarded as a malnutrition burden, but currently, adult obesity and lifestyle-related diseases based on unbalanced dietary habits have  become serious difficulties.

It has been medically proven that Malnutrition in early childhood has an important influence on brain development as well as physical growth, and agriculture is expected to make a positive contribution in the field of nutrition.

SAWA is improving nutrition in rural areas through its extension system that supports the cultivation and marketing of nutritious crops that are nutrient-dense, improving food safety and quality and promoting market-oriented agriculture for increased incomes and access to nutritious foods through nutrition education with a focus on women

Market-Oriented Agriculture

Smallholder farmers engage in low profit agriculture with limited knowledge and access to markets.  SAWA is working with the beans and maize farmers to promote market-oriented agriculture through improving access to markets and postharvest services and reducing postharvest losses

SAWA works with farmer associations and cooperatives through provision of training, business advisory, own savings and credit and marketing. Linkages are also developed with input suppliers and financial institutions

Capacity building

SAWA targets farmers for training, extension advisory services, and demonstration along the value chain. Agents, extension workers, and farmers are trained

Inclusiveness

SAWA promotes the empowerment of youth, women, and physically challenged people in groups aiming at improving livelihoods through active participation in agriculture and agribusiness. This is in training, agro-processing technology, and business development. They are encouraged to actively

Digitization

SAWA works with partners to close the information gap between smallholder farmers and stakeholders along the agriculture value chain in terms of extension advice and payments through use of information and communication technology. This is done in collaboration with research and extension systems.

Mechanization

Target Crops:  Maize, soybeans, beans, maize, groundnuts, sweet potato, cassava, coffee.