Joseph Bbemba Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address food and nutrition challenges in the developing world Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 NOV 30, 2021

1. MARKET-ORIENTED HORTICULTURE ENTERPRISE IN REFUGEE
HOSTING AREAS OF NORTHERN UGANDA – SHEP APPROACH
BBEMBA JOSEPH PASCHAL – DEPUTY COUNTRY DIRECTOR
How Japan’s know-how can help address food and nutrition challenges in the developing
world.

2. 01
Our Vision
Africa realizes its aspiration for a resilient and
sustainable food system.
Our Mission
To work with African smallholder farmers to increase
their food, nutrition, and income security by
catalyzing technological innovation in agriculture.

3. 02
❑ Sustainable, Resilient and Regenerative Agriculture in response to the Soil Degradation
and Climate Change
✓To promote the sustainable and resilient agricultural intensification
✓To mainstream the regenerative agriculture with Integrated Soil Fertility
Management approach
❑ Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture for Children and Adults Health
✓To spread the nutrient-dense crops including, bio-fortified crops,
indigenous vegetables, etc.
❑ Market-Oriented Agriculture for ensuring Farming as a Business
✓To develop the business capacity and entrepreneurship of smallholder farmers
✓To promote the smallholder horticulture with small-scale irrigation
Our Focus

4. 03
Our Approach
❑ Knowledge Generation
✓Co-innovation of technology/methodology through
Partnership with farmers and a variety of stakeholders
❑ Knowledge Packaging
✓"Kaizen" of the SAA extension models from crop-centered
to farmer-centered: "Think it with the farmer"
✓Introduction of a flexible technology package according
to the needs of farmers.
❑ Knowledge Transfer and Adoption
✓Scaling-Up and Scaling-Out of the SAA extension models
through E-extension platform
✓Agricultural extension through franchising involving
youth, women, PwDs
Knowledge
Packaging
Knowledge
Transferring &
Adoption
Knowledge
Generation

5. 04

6. 05
Background to SHEP Approach
• During TICAD 5, in June 2013, Japan pledged to promote the SHEP
Approach to 10 African countries
• Japan’s Contributions for Africa, announced at TICAD 7, highlights the
importance of supporting agricultural transformation to increase
farmers’ incomes through SHEP
• SAA staff exposure visit to Kenya - JICA offices and SHEP farmers
• Identification of regional and country specific ambassadors
• Training of staff by JICA and incorporation in our country programs

7. 06
The SHEP project in Adjumani
Project tittle
❖ Introducing Market-oriented Horticulture Farming in
Refugee Hosting Areas of Uganda: An Intervention that
Builds Resilience against Emergency
Overall objective
❖ Improving food and nutrition security and incomes of
1,200 Smallholder farmers from Adjumani District.

8. 07
Specific objectives
i. Promoting market oriented horticultural farming (farming as a
family business) among 1,200 HHs using SHEP approach
iii. Build capacity of beneficiaries in GAP along the vegetable value
chains
iv. Facilitate FGs to become economically viable farmers institutions
v. Promote use of ICT to deliver advisory services and access to
input and output markets

9. 08
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What problem does SHEP approach address?
✓ Asymmetrical information on markets prices and traditional
practices that leads to inefficient allocation of resources by small
holder farmers and low productivity.
✓ Often extension services are supply driven and production-
oriented as opposed to being demand driven and market-
oriented
✓ Empowers farmers to make informed decisions to select
enterprises

10. 09
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Reconnaissance visit

11. 10
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Farmer led market Survey

12. 11
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Enterprise selection

13. 12
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Farmer Learning Platform Training on Safe Use Pesticides

14. 13
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Purchase of inputs to support production
during dry season
Early adopters from Tamama FG
preparing to deliver Amaranthus to the
market

15. 15
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What have done so far
Group dynamics training

16. 14
What have done so far
The M-Omulimisa application has been updated to address language issues within the application

17. 16
Main topics/sub topics/to be continued…
What are the next plans
✓ E-extension
✓ Establishment of appropriate irrigation technologies
✓ Trainings on nutrition
✓ Post Harvest Management and Value addition
What have we seen so far
✓ Farmers are already preparing their fields to tap into off season
market opportunities
✓ They have started mobilizing resources to buy quality inputs

18. 12
Walk with the Farmers