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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