Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture Activity
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FEED THE FUTURE UGANDA YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY YEAR ONE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT JULY 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016 ANNUAL REPORT JULY 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016 Contract Number: AID-617-C-15-00003 October 31, 2016 Cover photo: Female youth from the Ikoba Girls Primary School receiving practical line spacing training on maize production by Mugalex Agro Limited in the Masindi district DISCLAIMER This publication was made possible through support provided by Feed the Future through the U.S. Agency for International Development, under the terms of Contract No. Contract No. AID-617-C-15-00003. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FEED THE FUTURE UGANDA YLA ACTIVITY ANNUAL REPORT | 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF EXHIBITS AND FIGURES ................................................................................... 3 ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................ 4 SECTION I. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW ..................................................................................... 5 SECTION II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................. 6 SECTION III. CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED ................................................. 8 3.1 Evaluations and Assessments ........................................................................................... 8 3.2 Constraints and Challenges ............................................................................................ 10 SECTION IV. YEAR ONE INDICATOR PROGRESS REPORT....................................... 12 SECTION V. RESULTS IN ACHEIVEMENTS OF OBJECTIVES ................................... 16 5.1 Activity Purpose: To increase economic opportunities for hundreds of thousands of Ugandan female and male youth ages 10 to 35 in agriculture-related fields ....................... 16 5.2 Activity Objective One: Increased Incomes of Youth Working in Agricultural Value Chains ................................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Activity Objective Two: Improved Skills Development of Youth ................................ 28 5.4 Key Interventions for Next Fiscal Year.......................................................................... 32 SECTION VI. COORDINATION WITH GOU, DONORS, OR USAID ACTIVITIES .... 34 6.1 Government of Uganda (GOU) ...................................................................................... 34 6.2 Other Donor, USG, and USAID Funded Activities ....................................................... 36 SECTION VII. COLLABORATING, LEARNING, AND ADAPTING .............................. 39 7.1 Collaborating .................................................................................................................. 39 7.2 Learning .......................................................................................................................... 40 7.3 Adapting ......................................................................................................................... 40 SECTION VIII. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ............................................ 42 8.1 Personnel and Staffing .................................................................................................... 42 8.2 Procurement and Subcontracts ....................................................................................... 43 8.3 Grants and SAF Implementation .................................................................................... 44 8.4 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning ........................................................................... 46 ANNEX A: BUDGET SUMMARY FOR QUARTER FOUR ............................................... 48 ANNEX B: ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ............................................................................ 49 ANNEX C: LIST OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SELECTED .............................. 50 ANNEX D: LIST OF YLA PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS ............................................. 54 ANNEX E: LIST OF EXHIBITORS AT AGRIKOOL-YOUTH EVENTS ........................ 59 ANNEX F: PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AREAS ........................................................ 65 ANNEX G: DOCUMENTED YOUTH SALES AS A RESULT OF YLA ACTIVITIES ... 68 FEED THE FUTURE UGANDA YLA ACTIVITY ANNUAL REPORT | 2 TABLE OF EXHIBITS AND FIGURES Exhibit 1 YLA Programmatic Elements Exhibit 2 Youth Access to Economic Opportunities by Age Cohort Exhibit 3 Composition of Different Productive Partnerships by Type of Business Exhibit 4 Partnerships for Increasing Access to and Application of Improved Technologies Exhibit 5 Groups Who Applied Improved Technologies or Management Practices Exhibit 6 Market-Driven Technical Skills Needed for Work along the Value Chain Exhibit 7 Number of Youth Receiving Short-Term Agricultural Sector Productivity Training Exhibit 8 Business Development Services Accessed by MSMEs Exhibit 9 Members of POs that have Received USG Support by District Exhibit 10 Youth Participating in Social, Entrepreneurship, and Community Engagement Activities Exhibit 11 Coordination with USG, Feed the Future, and Other Donor Partners Exhibit 12 Year One APS Overview Exhibit 13 Summary of Leveraged Funds FEED THE FUTURE UGANDA YLA ACTIVITY ANNUAL REPORT | 3 ACRONYMS ABIAU Agribusiness Incubation Alliance of Uganda AMELP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation and Learning Plan APS Annual Program Statement ASRH Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health BDS Business Development Service BTVET Business Technical Vocational Education and Training CBFs Community Based Facilitators CHC Communication for Healthy Communities CLA Collaborating, Learning and Adapting CO (USAID) Contracting Officer COP Chief of Party COR (USAID) Contracting Officer’s Representative CPM Commodity Production and Marketing Activity CURAD Consortium for enhancing Universities Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development DCOP Deputy Chief of Party EEA Enabling Environment for Agriculture Activity ESL Equator Seeds Limited IPM Integrated Pest Management FTF Feed the Future GOU Government of Uganda ICT Information and Communications Technology MEL Monitoring Evaluation and Learning MSMA Market System Monitoring Activity MSME Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises MOU Memorandum of Understanding NCDC National Curriculum Development Center PEDN Private Education Development Network PMU Project Management Unit PO Producer Organization POA Producer Organization Activity PPP Public Private Partnership RMS Results Management System SAF Strategic Activities Fund SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization SWMH Sing With Me Happily SRH Sexual and Reproductive Health SSP Spray Service Provider USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID/Uganda USAID Mission in Uganda USG United States Government YLA Youth Leadership for Agriculture FEED THE FUTURE UGANDA YLA ACTIVITY ANNUAL REPORT | 4 SECTION I. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW Uganda has the world’s second youngest population and its job gap is growing; each year 400,000 youth enter the labor market and compete for only 80,000 formal jobs. In Uganda, more than 70 percent of youth live in rural areas, and youth make up about 55 percent of the work force in the agricultural sector. With an economy reliant on agriculture for growth and food security, Uganda sits at a critical juncture. A youth bulge for any country can be a strain or it can be a demographic “dividend,” depending on the human, social, financial, and physical assets in place. Uganda’s path forward lies in creating agriculture sector opportunities for rural youth, given that 75 percent of the workforce is engaged in this sector, including 55 percent of youth and 70 to 80 percent of all women. Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture Activity (“YLA” or “the Activity”) supports Ugandan partners, with youth in the lead, to identify and drive forward sustainable, inclusive, and cost-effective approaches that put youth, especially female youth, squarely in the agriculture sector as leaders, farmers, entrepreneurs, and employees The purpose of YLA is to increase economic opportunities for approximately 350,000 Ugandan female and male youth ages 10 to 35 in agriculture-related fields in order to increase their incomes and build entrepreneurship, leadership, and workforce readiness skills. A $21.5 million activity with a period of performance spanning July 14, 2015 – July 13, 2020, YLA is focused on achieving the following two objectives: • Increased incomes of youth working in agricultural value chains • Improved skills development (entrepreneurship, employability, leadership, and life skills) obtained through formal and non-formal education and training organizations Our implementation strategy is crafted around a youth-driven approach that prioritizes facilitation, targets in-school and out-of-school youth, and leverages the private sector and workforce institutions to ensure buy-in and sustainability of interventions. We rely on an evidence-based and participatory mapping process that identifies age-appropriate needs, aspirations and opportunities for youth in order to operationalize our approach. Youth are at the forefront of everything we do to ensure that all interventions are youth-led. Youth serve as mentors and facilitators in leadership training, youth-friendly