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• 130,000+ farmers trained, 51% are women in over 30 districts of Uganda
• 40% of farmers trained are CF adopters
• 60% of CF adopters are food secure 
• 1,200+ youth & women engaged in gainful employment as service providers for minimum tillage, spraying service, traders, agri-input stockists
• 100+ small and medium rural-based farmer organisations mentored to develop and become anchored in farming as a business 
• 8 Government-owned state farms have fully adopted CF Min-Till Mechanized as a result of REDS collaboration

 

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REDS under contract with Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) Zambia with funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) is implementing the RCSA program in Mityana, Kassanda and Kyankwanzi districts in the Central region and Alebtong, Dokolo, and Lira in the Northern region of Uganda. The program’s main objective is to reduce vulnerability to climate change and improve the livelihoods of rural communities by promoting Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Conservation Farming (CF) minimum tillage (MT) practices and civil society strengthening. 

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Read more: Regional Climate Smart Agriculture (RCSA) Program