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Livestock Productivity Improvement Project

The National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project (NLPIP) is one of the Government of Uganda’s interventions under the Livestock Industry designed to contribute to the overall government policy of poverty reduction to attain the UN Millennium Development Goals for the country. The intervention is specifically necessary to restock these districts and in general increase agricultural productivity of poor households; provide productive assets to poor farmers; and improve nutritional and food security of poor rural households. In addition it is necessary to improve the enabling environment for livestock development and empower poor rural households, particularly women and the disadvantaged, for them to manage their resources better. The expected impacts is improved food and nutrition security; increased disposable incomes, creation of income generating activities; creation of employment to local people, improved living standards of rural people, and poverty reduction.

The Project objective was to increase household incomes of participating livestock farmers in the cattle corridor through increased livestock productivity and marketing.

The Project’s primary beneficiaries were poor rural households, that is, small and medium scale farmers including women and other vulnerable groups involved in livestock production, livestock traders and consumers in the cattle corridor.

Project ID

46002-P-UG-AA0-019

Activity status

3 - Completion

Aid type

C01 - Project-type interventions

% to Uganda

100.00

Organisations

Funding

African Development Fund

Extending

Government Of Uganda

Implementing

Ministry of Agriculture, Animal, Industry and Fisheries

CRS code	%
Agricultural policy and administrative management (31110)	100.0