IVUKULA ARCHEDEACONARY CHRISTIAN FARMERS ASSOCIATIAN IN

IVUKULA SUB COUNTY, NAMUTUMBA DISTRICT

PROJECT NAME: IACFA SACCO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

TOTAL FUNDS FOR THE EXERCISE: 150,000,000 UGSH
CONTACT PERSON:
SUBMITED TO: Gen Salim Saleh
DATE OF SUBMISSION:

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Table of Contents
1.0 ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................................2
2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................4
3.0 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................5
4.0 BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................5
5.0 IACFA SAACO OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................6
7.0 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................7
8.0 ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................................................7
8.1 OBJECTIVE 1...........................................................................................................................7
8.1.1 ACTIVITIES.......................................................................................................................7
8.2 OBJECTIVE 2...........................................................................................................................7
8.2.1 ACTIVITIES.......................................................................................................................7
8.3 OBJECTIVE 3...........................................................................................................................7
8.3.1 ACTIVITIES.......................................................................................................................7
8.4 OBJECTIVE 4...........................................................................................................................7
8.4.1 ACTIVITIES.......................................................................................................................7
8.5 OBJECTIVE 5...........................................................................................................................8
8.5.1 ACTIVITIES.......................................................................................................................8
9.0 WORK-PLAN AND BUDGET:...................................................................................................8
10.0 MONITORING AND EVALUATION.....................................................................................10
11.0 SUSTAINABILITY...................................................................................................................10
12.0 EXPECTED OUTPUTS............................................................................................................11

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1.0 ABBREVIATIONS.
1. IACFA: Ivukula Archdeaconry Christian Farmers Association
2. ITYA: Ivukula Twezimbe Youth Association
3. ITA: Ivukula Tweyambe Associatio
4. SACCO: Saving and Credit Coperative Organisation

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2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Uganda, Agri-business is a factor that we can’t leave unattended to. The majority of people
in Ivukula subcounty as well as Namutumba District also depend on agriculture but due to
limited capital and lack of sensitization, most of them do subsistence farming.
IACFA SAACO is an implemented solution to the above; it focuses mainly on supporting
agri-business people by giving them loans for capital, availing them with information of
where to find quality inputs with their respective prices and getting market for the produces
and also training our members with the best agriculture practices and financial management.
As we focus on all we are supposed to attend to as IACFA, we haven’t yet done the best to
our priority which is agri-business due to limited funds solicited from memberships and
annual subscriptions, also we are still lacking proper management systems and modified
proper ways of delivering our services to our members.
In this proposal, we are looking forward, to raising funds in our pool so that we be able to
support an increased number of people mainly in Agri-business in Ivukula sub-county, have
systematic and digitized management systems and establish an office so that we can give
standard and quality services to the people of Ivukula.

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3.0 INTRODUCTION
Ivukula Archdeaconry Christian Farmers Sacco (IACF SAACO) is a self-driven society with
an equal equality social economic service delivery system that aim at enhancing community
participation, free information sharing and income generation empowerment.
It was started by 10 church leaders in Ivukula subcounty with a membership fee of 10,000
each and the number has now increased to 50 members in addition to 40 members of ITYA
who are youth and 25 members who are church ministers making a total of 105 members.
IACF SAACO is a central management of the other two SACCOs which were birthed in our
two years of operation (Ivukula Twezimbe Youth Association and Ivukula Tweyambe
Association) and being the mother is responsible for their growth and development

4.0 BACKGROUND
The ITYA SAACO aims at sustainable income generation in Ivukula subcounty and focuses
mainly on Agri-businesses and for this matter, it is trying to give a chance to all members in
Ivukula where by so far, we have given birth to other two sub saccos (ITYA and ITA)
Most people from Ivukula subcounty are agriculturalist. The majority of them depend on
agriculture as it is in Namutumba district.
It has been unfortunate that over years, most of these people practice substance farming due
to ignorance and lack of enough capital. In our consideration to boost agriculture sector in
this area, we are looking at promoting all agri-business activities and this will task us to do
quite a number of activities including identifying the specific agri-business activity, giving
proper training to the members, support them in allocation of quality inputs available markets
with the respective prices as well as products/output markets. A number of projects we are
focusing on include; large scale poultry farming, piggery, cultivation, bee keeping among
others and it has to be on a large scale.
This requires proper preparation for management and facilitation where we a minding about
the amount we have which is not enough for giving loans, office, staffing, putting up proper
management systems(digitized) all for a period of 3 years where we expect to have projects
in place that can sustain the operations.

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5.0 IACFA SAACO OBJECTIVES
The following are the general projects for IACFA;
1. To impart knowledge and skills in income generation empowerment through
vocational education, animal husbandry and high value agri-business for improved
livelihoods for our less fortunate.
2. To promote saving and offer affordable credits to the members
3. To impart knowledge and skills to members of the on how to have enough food for
their families through acquisition of modern farming practices amongst the members
in the association.
4. To learn and practice good finance management and saving culture for economic
sustainability of the members in their homes
5. To promote agri-business activities in Ivukula subcounty and reduce the levels of un
employment among the members

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7.0 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The IACFA SACCO Development Project Overall Goal is to increase and sustain better
incomes for people and agri-business activities in Ivukula through the utilization of available
financial and non-financial resources in harmony with Vision 2030. The project activities are
focused to the following objectives

1. To design and establish an operational office and project administration facility.

2. To strengthen a pool of fund for specific operational activities
3. To design and develop IACF SAACO management systems
4. To develop and implement curriculum for training our members in matters related
finances and agri-businesses
5. To develop and implement an awareness creation programs to equip our people with
the right attitudes towards Agri-businesses, impart knowledge and necessary skills to
enable them make informed choices as income generation is concerned.

8.0 ACTIVITIES
8.1 OBJECTIVE 1
To design and establish an operational office and project administration facility.
8.1.1 ACTIVITIES
1. To locate and rent an office to use for operations
2. To acquire furniture and other office necessities.
3. To employ three project qualified staff members
8.2 OBJECTIVE 2
To strengthen a pool of fund for specific operational activities for prop
8.2.1 ACTIVITIES
1. To set aside an amount for loan capital.
2. To search for markets of quality Agri-inputs.
3. To search for markets of agri-business products
8.3 OBJECTIVE 3
To design and develop IACFA SAACO management systems
8.3.1 ACTIVITIES
1. To design and develop a loan management system
2. To develop an agriculture market mobile application
3. To train users of the management system and mobile application
8.4 OBJECTIVE 4
To develop and implement curriculum for training our members in matters related finances
and agri-businesses
8.4.1 ACTIVITIES
1. To identify gaps in skills, attitudes, and knowledge on agri-business activities
2. To identify gaps that can be narrowed through training
3. To draw up a training program
4. To evaluate training program

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 8.5 OBJECTIVE 5.
To develop and implement awareness creation programs to equip members with the right
attitude towards Agri-businesses, collective saving and loans to enable them make informed
choices as income generation and sustainability is concerned.
8.5.1 ACTIVITIES
1. Develop awareness creation programs
2. Pilot awareness creation program
3. Monitor and evaluate messages
4. Make required adjustments
5. Implement awareness creation plan

9.0 WORK-PLAN AND BUDGET:

The Work-plan and Budget presented below is for the Ivukula Archdeaconry Christian
Farmers Association SAACO Development. The youth association and church minister’s
association will directly be under the management of IACFA. All the planning and the
reporting will be at the office set up which will act as the Centre of operation.

OBJECTIVE ACTIVITIES EST(UGX) YR 1 YR 2 TIME

Office setup (rent and To locate and rent an office 6,000,000 3.000,000 3,000,000 2 yrs
furniture) to use for operations

To acquire furniture and 15,000,000 1 mnth

other office necessities.

To employ three project 7,200,000 3,600,000 3,600,000 2 yrs

qualified staff members

Operating Capital and To set aside an amount for 60,000,000 2 years

sustainability loan capital.

To search for markets of 4,000,000 2,000,000 2000,000 2 years

quality Agri-inputs.

To search for markets of 4,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2 years

agri-business products

To setup income generating 20,000,000 20,000,000 1 year

projects

Management systems To design and develop a loan 20,000,000 15,000,000 5,000,000 6 mth
management system

To develop an agriculture 7,150,000 7,150,000 2 mth

market mobile application

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 To train users of the 3,000,000 3,000,000 1 mth
management system and
mobile application

Agri-business Training To identify gaps in skills, 1,000,000 1,000,000 6 mth

attitudes, and knowledge on
agri-business activities

To identify gaps that can be 100,000 100,000 2wks

narrowed through training

To draw up a training 600,000 500,000 2mth

program

To evaluate training program 400,000 400,000 1mth

Publicity. Develop awareness creation 400,000 150,000 250,000 6mth

programs

Pilot awareness creation 100,000 100,000 1mth

program

Monitor and evaluate 100,000 100,000 1mth

messages impact

Make required adjustments 50,000 50,000 2 wks

Implement awareness 900,000 900,000

creation plan

Total project estimated cost 150,000,000

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10.0 MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Participatory monitoring and evaluation will be periodically carried out by the Supervision
Committee of Ivukula Archdeaconry Christian farmers association in collaboration with the
ITYA and ITA Committees under the association. This Committee will co-opt specialists
from public and private sector; reports prepared by M&E Task Force will be available to all
key stakeholders to ensure transparency and accountability is achieved.

11.0 SUSTAINABILITY
Ivukula Archdeaconry Christian Farmers Association SAACO is environmentally friendly,
economically viable and socially justified. It is expected to start generating incomes in the
short, medium and long term. Short term activities are expected to cushion the projects petty
cash and is expected to generate incomes between 3 to 12 months; medium term activities
will fall in the range of between 1-3 years; while long term activities will maintain incomes
for more than 3 years. Examples of various categories to be implemented by the project are
shown below.
1. Farmer's Market Vending
2. Herb Growing
3. Vegetable Farming
4. Livestock Feed Manufacturing
5. Fruit Growing
6. Field Crop Farming
7. Piggery
8. Poultry keeping, bee keeping, etc

12.0 EXPECTED OUTPUTS

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 OBJECTIVE EXPECTED OUTPUT
1 Office setup (rent and furniture)  A center office

2 Operating Capital and sustainability  Operating fund

3 Management systems
4 Agri-business Training
 Steady market for agriculture inputs and outputs
 Operating projects
 Loan management system
 Mobile app for agriculture inputs and outputs
 Trained workers to use these digital systems
 Agri-business training curriculum

5 Publicity.  About 1000 people in Ivukula subcounty will

know about our services

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