This document outlines an investment plan roadmap for developing investment plans for the potato and rice value chains in Uganda. It begins by highlighting the importance of agriculture to Uganda's economy. It then discusses challenges facing the sector like low productivity and limited access to markets. The government has instituted policies to address these challenges. The objectives of the investment plans are to identify constraints, determine costs of interventions, expected returns on investments, and contributions to GDP growth. Stakeholder consultations and studies will be conducted to develop the plans using a methodology of mapping constraints, agreeing on interventions and costs. The plans will guide public and private sector investments to stimulate production, processing and market access.

1. E. Tanyima, A. Lwakuba, E. Kimbowa, & S. Nsereko
Investment Plan Roadmap

2. Outline
Introduction (Importance of the sector)
 Challenges and Gov’t responses
Objectives for developing the IPs
Significance of the IP
Methodology/ Approach
Work plan/Activity schedule

3. The agricultural sector has remained highly
significant to the country’s economy;
 contributes significantly to national GDP 26% in
2014, employs 66% of the total labour force,
source of raw and accounts for 48 % of exports.
 The sector is largely private sector led,
government supports research, seed certification,
extension services and providing; infrastructure
and policy environment for private sector to
prosper
Importance of the Agricultural sector

4.  Despite its significance, the agricultural sector remains
affected by critical constraints; low Government
budgetary allocations, low production productivity,
limited use of modern production technologies and
limited access to efficient markets.
 Against this background, government through MAAIF
has instituted an institutional framework for harnessing
the potential of agriculture
Challenges

5. Government response
Gov’t Policies &
Programs
MAAIF sanctioned a
study through PASIC
to develop IPs
MAAIF policy support
Sector Plan
(DSIP..ASSP)
Investment
Plans

6.  Potato and rice are important food and
cash crops
 Export crops, regional trade
 Population and income growth is driving
the demand for potatoes and rice
especially urban areas.
 Hence expansion of supermarkets and
fast food restaurants
Importance rice & potato

7. need for intervention of
both the public and
private sectors
•Without farm yield-augmentation, good
and reliable markets, smallholder farmers
are likely to remain in poverty traps
(Carter & Barrett 2006)
identify the policy
interventions to
stimulate better
production,
processing and
marketing
costs interventions and
determine the expected
returns
This cost-
benefit analysis
will be shown in
IPs.
Intensification
The IP is a
tool; guide
stakeholders
to place
funds into
appropriate
interventions
in order to
achieve their
common
vision
Given the importance of
the two crops, there is
need to promote the two
value chains

8. Objectives of the Investment Plans
 establish & map constraints faced by
actors along the rice and potato value
chains
 establish the costs of interventions
 establish the expected returns on
investments made.
 establish the expected contribution of
the investments to the GDP
The investment plans are support tools for
priority investment by public, private
sector and development partners.
Specifically; The plans:
 lay out the best opportunities for growth
to guide private sector investors
 provide estimated monetary figures
required for investment, expected
returns and contribution to the national
economy.
 understanding the extent to which the
economy benefits from investments will
provide a case to
 MAAIF in planning and decision making
 Lobby for increased budget
Significance

9. Methodology
MAAIF meetings
Establish key VC actors and stakeholders,
discuss the methodology or approach
First Zonal meetings;
Agree on the joint vision which gives a
direction of where value chain stakeholders
want to be;
Establish stakeholders perceptions on key
barriers and opportunities
Fact finding; through research studies
Study Area Procedure

10. Methodology cont’d
compare stakeholder’s
perceptions on the constraints and
the facts from research studies
Joint agreement on key
constraints and the interventions
Costing of Interventions and
Determining Expected Returns
Second zonal meetings Purpose

11. • Computing the total net benefits/ returns
overall for all the actors in the value chain
from production to consumption.
• Discount the expected returns using the
NPV to discount future net benefits to the
present.
Methodology cont’d

12. Activity Timeline (2015) OUTPUT Location
Discuss the strategy within MAAIF.
1. Planning meeting
2- General meeting (Relevant departments)
30th June, 2015
5th August, 2015
Refined & validated
roadmap
1. MAAIF planning
Board room
2. Hotel
District meetings to conduct the FCM 4th-10th-August
2015
Mapped stakeholders
constraints &
perceptions
Eastern and
Southwestern Uganda
Data Analysis-HH, VC & Agronomic
studies
Literature review (e.g. FIPS etc.)
August Facts on key constraints
& opportunities
established
MAAIF & consultant
Zonal meetings 3-8th September Agreed & prioritized
Constraints and
Interventions
Eastern and
Southwestern Uganda
Refining and Training in tools for costing
intervention
10th-17th ,September
2015
Refined tools
Trained data collectors
Consultant &MAAIF
Field work (data collection) 20th, September to
20th October
Collect data missed in
other studies.
Interventions costed
Eastern and
Southwestern Uganda
Data Entry 21st -30th October Data sets MAAIF
Data Analysis November 2015 Expenditure estimated
Expected Returns
determined
Consultant & MAAIF
Compilation of the Plans 30th November
2015
First Draft of ZIPs Consultant & MAAIF
Work plan /Activity Schedule

13. Thank you for your attention!
This project is led by MAAIF with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
For any information please visit our office hosted at the
Ministry of Agriculture Animal
Industry and Fisheries
(MAAIF)
P.O. Box 102, Entebbe, Uganda