What are steps being taken to improve performance of agricultural sector?

Policy measures to improve agricultural sector in Uganda.

• Encourage diversification to increase on the farmer’s revenue.
• Governments provide high yield seeds and crossbreed animals to the farmer
• Discouraging land fragmentation
• Funding of research through National agricultural research organisation (NARO)
• Improvement of extension service through the national agriculture extension services through NAADS
• Training manpower for agriculture at various universities and colleges
• Encouraging investment in agriculture such as cooler trucks for milk.
• Modernization of agriculture through providing tractors and irrigation schemes
• Increase allocation of funds to agricultural sector.
• Encouraging private sector to invest in agriculture
• Removal of taxes on agriculture inputs and exports
• Liberalization of agricultural exports breaking monopoly of marketing boards.
• Extending credit to farmers.
• Addressing gender balance