Presented at the Zonal Investment planning meeting by Mr. Alex Lwakuba. August 5th, 2015

1. THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
POLICY ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE
INTENSIFICATION OF CROPPING SYSTEMS IN
UGANDA (PASIC) PROJECT
Brief at the zonal planning meeting
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2. Outline
 Background
 Components/outputs
 Activities
 Key Implementing Partners
 Achievements
 Planned activities
 Purpose of today’s meeting
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3. Background
Objectives
• PASIC is intended to stimulate action in selected
policies and programs, relevant for agricultural
intensification of smallholder production
systems through evidence-based research and
strengthening of capacities of relevant
institutions.
• The project goal is to contribute to improved
household incomes, livelihoods, and food and
nutrition security in Uganda through the
sustainable intensification of cropping systems.
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4. Components
 Evidence generation (for policy )
 Zonal investment plans
 Capacity building
 Policy Action initiated for removal of
bottlenecks in national policies
 Lessons/good practices learned and
shared
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5. Activities
• Specialized studies(House hold, Agronomic, value
chain and Institutional studies)
• Zonal investment plans
• Trainings
• Policy dialogues
• Dissemination Workshops & meetings
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6. Target value chains
 Irish potatoes -Southwestern
Uganda
 Rice-Kioga Plains in Eastern
Uganda
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7. Key Implementing Partners
 IITA
 MAAIF
 EPRC
 IFPRI
 EKN
 IFDC and its implementing partners such as
Africa2000network.
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8. Achievements
 Project was approved in 2013
Activities achieved
 Stakeholder’s workshops
 Identification of policies relevant to crop
intensification
 Status of policies relevant to crop intensification
 Took part in reviewing the National seed policy
 Took part in the validation of the seed policy.
 Household survey by IFPRI July 2014.
 Endorsement of the MOU between IITA and MAAIF
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9. Planned activities (2014-2015)
• Zonal investment planning meetings
• Agronomic studies
• Value chain studies
• Institution and policy studies
• Capacity needs assessment
• Policy dialogue meetings on extension reforms
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10. Purpose of today’s meeting
 Create more awareness about
PASIC project
 To begin the process of
developing zonal investment
plan for Irish potatoes
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11. THANK YOU
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