Project for the Restoration of Livelihoods in the Northern Region (PRELNOR)

Increased income, food security and reduced vulnerability of poor rural households in the project area

COUNTRY/REC Uganda

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2014 - December 2022

PROJECT SITE Adjumani, Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo, Nwoya, Omoro, Pader

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 IFAD 50,200,000.00
2 Ministry of Local Government
3 NARO
4 MEMD
5 UNMA
6 ASAP grant financing 10,000,000.00
7 GoU 9,200,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 70,900,000.00 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 70,900,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

Increased income, food security and reduced vulnerability of poor rural households in the project area

Project Objectives

Increased sustainable production, productivity and climate resilience of small holder farmers with increased and profitable access to domestic and export markets

Project Outputs

Farmer Groups are more cohesive and better governed; and vulnerable households have joined the groups.

Priority crop production systems are more climate resilient

develop agricultural produce marketing capacity in the project area to increase the volumes of quality agricultural produce traded in the region and facilitate fair prices leading to better profits and income to smallholder farmers.

improve access to markets, facilitate more competitive pricing, reduce transaction costs and increase farmers’ income through improvements to community access roads (CAR) and market infrastructure at selected strategic sites

Project activities

Rural Livelihoods

Market Linkages and Infrastructure

Programme Management and Coordination

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Project Notes

cassava, beans maize and rice