Rural Community Farmer Development
Cultivating Change in Northern Uganda
Strengthening Livelihoods Through Sustainable Agriculture
Field of Hope is working to educate and encourage rural community farmers in northern Uganda through agricultural and financial means.
Eighty-three percent of Uganda’s population live in rural areas, mostly in the Northern and Eastern regions, and 84% of those in these regions live in poverty (FAO, 2017; The World Bank, 2016). Farming is a way of life for 65.6% of the country, yet 25% of the population remains undernourished as of 2017 (FAO, 2017). With more agricultural knowledge and more financial stability, these households can begin to get back on their feet.
Field of Hope is dedicated to changing these circumstances.
76% of Ugandan Farmers are Women
Empowering Rural Farmers, Specifically Women
The Women’s Program encourages extension and education regarding financial literacy and agricultural capacity to rural community farmers, specifically women, to improve their practices and yields, and, therefore, their livelihoods.
Seventy-six percent of Ugandan farmers are women who typically have had little to no education in proper and successful farming practices or financial management. Field of Hope is providing basic agronomic training to women in multiple Northern Uganda districts.
Improve Practices & Yields
Ag Education
The Women’s Program training consists of:
- Proper agronomic practices and training in pest and disease control
- Harvest techniques
- Post-harvest handling
- Storage practices
- Animal health
- Home and business finances
Each women’s group receives a grant that supplements the short-term loans they can utilize, and this enables them to purchase post-harvesting equipment and develop their small businesses.
Savings and Loans
Financial Training
The women have formed cooperatives and are also participating in Village Savings and Loan Associations, where they have access to small loans at reduced interest rates to purchase inputs and equipment. At the end of the saving period, typically in February, women receive the money they have saved, plus the interest earned.
Financial training allows the farmers to best utilize their financial resources and practice saving for major expenditures, such as sending their children to school.
Community Agriculture
Demonstration Hubs
Rural Community Farmer Develoment extended beyond individual farmers by strengthening farmer groups, encouraging savings culture, and establishing demonstration hubs for crops and small livestock. These hubs served as learning centers for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and practical skill development, leading to improved food availability and increased income at the household level.
Women Farmers Enrolled in 2025
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Expanded to 884 Farmers Total by 2025
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Farmers Trained
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Community Outreach
Established with our partners in 2019 are community trainings, where local farmers are welcome to attend general agricultural trainings held in communities where our partners operate. Field of Hope trainers work with farmers on specific topics they have questions about or are challenged with in their gardens. Intertwined in the agroscience topics are lessons on finances, business, marketing, proper crop care and post-harvest storage.
Your Donation’s Impact
$50
= 1 goat or 10 chickens for a woman to start her own animal project
$150
= 1 training for a group of women
$350
= Resources for one demonstration garden for a women’s group
$1,500
= Community outreach trainings
$2,000
= one grant for a women’s group
Equip Women with Knowledge
Donate to Rural Community Farmer Development
Donations to our Rural Community Farmer Development pillar have the opportunity to bless exponentially. Not only will these funds translate into activities that bless the women and farmers, but they also positively impact their families (husbands, children, orphans, parents, and more)!