Desert Locust Response: Livelihoods Protection and Recovery in Karamoja and Teso Sub-

regions

WEEK 3 MAY REPORT NGORA DISTRICT

SORUDA staff giving technical advice to Asulo Jessica in her vegetable and maize garden in Ngora village Ngora Sub County, monitoring bean
performance for Mrs Akiteng Helen in Aguu Ngora sub county
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key Activity highlights Undertaken

 Follow up of cash utilization and seed performance in the field

 follow up on adoption of GAP Training
 Beneficiary registration
 Approval of hanging beneficiary names.
SORUDA continues to coordinate with various stake holds at the district so as to institute ownership and
sustainability of the project. one enumerator was contracted to registered the selected names identified by
the beneficiary selection committees across all the four sub counties of Ngora,Kapir,Mukura and Kobwin
totaling to 139 which was successfully registered at various agreed central points at the sub county
following Covid 19 SOP and uploaded.
58 hanging names were also approved by sub county BSC and at the district by DPMO office.
 Below is segregation of approved beneficiaries in Ngora district.
Location Male Female Total
Kapir 3 8 11
Mukura 15 2 17
Ngora 1 0 1
Kobwin 18 11 29
Total 0 0 0

Field follow up on gap adoption in Ngora Sub County was also done and the following was key findings:
 All seeds have good germ inability rate for those well managed.
 Most HH have planted but in limited areas due to land fragmentation.
 Maize is being affected by army worms but not very serious.
 Cash has positively improved on HH welfare.

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND ACTIONS TAKEN

Challenge Action proposed Action taken

Delay in addressing cash
complain
Land fragmentation hence hard
to fine fields to set demos
Farmers have planted already
the seeds
Pest and disease attack in the
fields
FAO to give clear feedback to On going
SORUDA and beneficiaries to
shorten time in waiting for
feedback
Encouraged to embrace smart Train on smart farming
farming
Farmers encouraged to demand Corrective action done and
for extension services farmers advised to do the some
Seek for extension services On spot advisory service.

RECOMMENDATIONS

 Need to pay beneficiaries who missed cash.

 FAO to support the hanging approved beneficiaries to receive inputs.

ACTIVITIES TO UNDERTAKE DURING THE NEXT WEEK OF THE MONTH

 Follow up on gap and support beneficiaries Training in transplanting of seedlings.
 Monitoring and capturing project impact