What We Do

Inspire Excitement About The Agricultural Industry

At Field of Hope we work to equip the local teachers, farmers, and students to change the face of agriculture in their country by giving them a hand up through education, training, and access to financial resources. We empower them to design solutions to the challenges they face and partner with them to overcome those challenges.

Current Programs

Field of Hope works to achieve our mission through three channels, or pillars: Youth Agricultural Education, Smallholder Farmer Advancement, and Leadership Development. Through these pillars, we feel that reach audiences of every generation and every walk of life. From there, we are dedicated to standing with individuals and groups to advance agriculture and impact their lives.

OUR APPROACH

Sustainability. Innovation. Empowerment. Inclusiveness.

At Field of Hope, we believe in creating change that will last longer than our lifetimes. We also believe in developing capacity among those we work with so that they may play a part in creating the sustainable solution and empowering them to carry on the efforts once our part is done. The ultimate goal is for those we work with to have the resources and knowledge they need to operate the program themselves.

Ag Development Stages

AS WE SEE IT!

Development is not an immediate solution but is instead an incremental process that can span decades. Field of Hope believes that our pillars align with those agricultural development stages and encourage those people within each stage to positively develop and create a successful foundation for the next stage.

SUBSISTENCE FARMING
WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Farmers, mostly women, hoe their gardens in no uniform fashion, casting seeds and waiting for harvest. Seventy percent of the Ugandan population is employed in agriculture, yet 56.9% of smallholder farmers admit that they are unable to provide enough food for their families.

Aligned Program: Smallholder Farmer Advancement Program

IMPROVED PRACTICES
AND ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Farmers at this stage are able to send their children to school and have a community of other
farmers to rely on for knowledge-sharing and emotional support. Their culture shifts from a
spending mindset to a saving one, and they are able to begin long-term planning.

Aligned Program: Youth Agricultural Education

PROFITABLE LIVELIHOODS IN AGRICULTURE

Farmers and students are able to operate their agricultural enterprises as a business,
understanding finances, improved inputs, advanced farming practices and valuable marketing. The youth are energized to pursue a career in agriculture and provide innovative solutions to common problems.

Aligned Program: Leadership Development

Results:

Preliminary research shows that our programs produce
the following results:

Women’s Program

Individual empowerment
Gender equity and inclusiveness
Community building, enlarged networks
Economic empowerment, including increased incomes, provision of school fee payment, and access to financial resources for life and business improvement
Food security for families

Curriculum Development

Excitement for agriculture among youth
More effective experiential learning
Proper execution of professionally developed
curriculum
Motivation and inspiration provided to students
Additional education provided to instructors
Reduction of workload for instructors
Modern practices, methods, and knowledge disseminated to both instructors and students

Fellowship

Interested in our programs and ready to join us for an extended period of time? Apply for a Fellowship today!