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Performance of Uganda’s UgIFT (Uganda’s Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Program) micro-scale irrigation program

Hosted by IFPRI, in collaboration with the Agricultural Policy Research Center (APRC) at Makerere University

Kampala

Uganda

June 11, 2025

  • 8:00 – 2:00 pm (Africa/Kampala)
  • 1:00 – 7:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 10:30 – 4:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI researchers Kato Edward and Claudia Ringler presented findings from a performance evaluation of a matching grant subsidy program supporting smallholder farmers in acquiring micro-scale irrigation equipment, mostly solar-powered irrigation systems, in 66 of the 146 districts in Uganda. The micro irrigation program funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries of Uganda benefited around 5100 farmers who provided 25% co-funding to the cost of the solar pump and its accessories, which were supplied through private sector companies.

The IFPRI evaluation focused on three topics: 1) Is the subsidy program a viable business model to reach smallholder farmers, 1) Do women and men farmers benefit equally from the program? 3) Are there potential challenges to sustainability and how can they be addressed?

Welcome Remarks

Background on solar-powered irrigation in Africa (Presentation)

Remarks from Agricultural Policy Research Center (APRC) (Presentation)

  • Bernard Bashaasha, Department of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University

Presentation by project co-ordinator UgIFT (Presentation)

  • James Kasozi Tondo, Principal Engineer for Farm Structures and Energy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Remarks Representative, Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture

  • Onesmus Semalulu, Principal Research Officer, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Ministry of Agriculture

Insights from the UgIFT Solar Pump Irrigation project (Presentation)

The way forward

  • Pushina Kunda Ng’andwe, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank
  • Onesmus Semalulu, Principal Research Officer, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Ministry of Agriculture

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