May 10, 2024

 

Climate Action Innovative Financing Report PEWOSA Cooperative Village Saving and Loans Association Gomba County

Agriculture is the core sector of the Ugandan economy and the primary employer, engaging up to 70% of the working population. The sector contributes up to 22% of GDP and 34% of export earnings. The sector is also tagged as the centre of future growth in the country’s high-level development blueprints.

The 3rd National Development Plan (NDP3), a derivative of the vision 2040, prioritises agro-industrialisation as the critical pathway to enhance the productivity of Uganda’s economies to middle-income status. One of the fundamental ways this sector can become the transformation engine is through the value addition lens. The country experiences on average up to 17.6% in annual post-harvest losses (PHLs), which reach a high of 45%.

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