Sunflower growing in Northern Uganda Contacts: Bank of Uganda P.O.Box 7120 Kampala Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................... i List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................. ii List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................. iii Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................ iv 1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 2 Government Remittances to the ACF Escrow Account ............................................................... 3 3 Cumulative Loan Applications and Disbursements ................................................................... 4 4 Funds Committed .............................................................................................................................. 7 5 Utilization of the Funds under the Scheme .................................................................................. 9 6 Working Capital for Grain ............................................................................................................. 12 7 Repayments and Outstanding ACF Balances ............................................................................. 14 8 Non-Performing Loans under ACF .............................................................................................. 15 9 Performance during the Quarter ................................................................................................... 16 10 Impact of COVID-19 on loans advanced under the ACF ......................................................... 18 11 Marketing and Publicity of the Scheme ...................................................................................... 19 12 Major Challenges ............................................................................................................................. 21 13 Way Forward ..................................................................................................................................... 22 14 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Appendix 1 Salient Features of the ACF Scheme ........................................................................... 24 Frequently Asked Q &A on ACF in key local languages .................................................................. 28 Bank of Uganda ACF Progress Report as at September 30, 2020 i List of Figures Figure 1: GoU Transfers to the ACF Escrow Account for Period 2009-2020 ...................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Cumulative Disbursements per PFI ................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3: ACF Portfolio growth as at September 30, 2020 .......................................................................................................... 6 Figure 4 Promoting Commercial fruit growing in Kayunga ...................................................................................................... 6 Figure 5: Promoting Livestock farming in Masaka ......................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 6: Areas funded as at September 30, 2020 (Projects disbursed and committed) .............................................. 9 Figure 7: Enhancing Floriculture Farming for Export- Mpigi district ................................................................................. 11 Figure 8: Modern Poultry Farming in Lira District ...................................................................................................................... 11 Bank of Uganda ACF Progress Report as at September 30, 2020 ii List of Tables Table 1: GoU Transfers to the ACF Escrow Account as at September 30, 2020 ............................................................... 3 Table 2: Loan Applications and Disbursements per PFIs as at September 30, 2020 (UGX) ....................................... 4 Table 3: Committed Funds as at September 30, 2020 ................................................................................................................. 7 Table 4: ACF Portfolio grouped by activity funded (Projects disbursed & Committed by end Sept 2020) ........ 9 Table 5: Categorization of loans by size as at September 30, 2020 .................................................................................... 10 Table 6: Grain Facility (GF) Performance Cumulative as at September 30, 2020 ...................................................... 12 Table 7: Cumulative PFI repayments, outstanding balances, Remittances as at September 30, 2020 ............... 14 Table 8: Non-Performing Loans as at September 30, 2020 ................................................................................................... 15 Table 9: ACF Scheme Quarterly Performance Figures in UGX .............................................................................................. 16 Bank of Uganda ACF Progress Report as at September 30, 2020 iii Abbreviations ACF Agricultural Credit Facility BOA Bank of Africa-Uganda Limited BOB Bank of Baroda (Uganda) Limited BBU Barclays Bank of Uganda Limited (Current Absa) BOU Bank of Uganda CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CBL Crane Bank Limited (In receivership) CERUDEB Centenary Bank Limited CIs Credit Institutions DFCU DFCU Bank Limited DTB Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited EBUL Equity Bank Uganda Limited Exim Exim Bank Uganda Limited FIA Financial Institutions Act 2004, Amendments and Regulations FTB Finance Trust Bank Limited GIZ Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GoU Government of Uganda GTB Global Trust Bank Limited (Closed) HFB Housing Finance Bank Limited KCB KCB Bank Uganda Limited MAAIF Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries MCB Mercantile Credit Bank MDIs Micro Deposit-Taking Institutions MoA Memorandum of Agreement MoU Memorandum of Understanding MoFPED Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development NGO Non-Governmental Organization OBL Orient Bank Limited OBUL Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd OWC Operation Wealth Creation PBU Post Bank Uganda Limited PFIs Participating Financial Institutions PFMA Public Finance Management Act SBU Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited SCB Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited SME Small and Medium Enterprises TFB Top Finance Bank Uganda Limited TBL Tropical Bank Limited TWC Technical Working Committee Bank of Uganda ACF Progress Report as at September 30, 2020 iv TV Television UDBL Uganda Development Bank Limited UAA Uganda Agribusiness Alliance UGX Uganda Shillings USSIA Uganda Small Scale Industries Association Bank of Uganda ACF Progress Report as at September 30, 2020 v 1 Executive Summary The Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) which was established in 2009 by the Government of Uganda (GoU) has demonstrated steady progress over the years. Since 2010, the Scheme had registered significant growth of the loan book from UGX 21.02 billion to UGX 525.99 billion (or UGX 0.53 trillion) cumulative total disbursements as at September 30, 2020 extended to 813 eligible projects across the country; of which GoU contribution amounted to UGX 267.19 billion. The disbursement amount included Eighteen (18) block allocations comprising of 168 eligible projects for micro and small farmer borrowers; with a total loan amount of UGX 2.81 billion of which GoU contribution amounted to UGX 1.63 billion as refinance; with timely repayments as per the amortisation schedules. Out of the entire portfolio, UGX 46.09 billion had been committed for projects pending fulfilment of disbursement conditions by the respective PFIs, while a cumulative total of UGX 141.98 billion has since been repaid to Bank of Uganda. By September 30, 2020, GoU had transfered UGX 153.56 billion to the ACF capital Account for onlending to viable projects. Therefore, the GoU contribution of UGX 267.19 billion was attributable to the Capital Account funds and the repayments/reflows. A total of Twenty Four (24) projects with outstanding GoU contribution amounting to UGX 5.82 billion had been declared delinquent (NPL) by the respective PFIs which represents 2.17 percent of the total loans refinanced to the PFIs up from 1.24 percent prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ACF is playing a leading role in providing medium to long term financing towards private sector investments and projects engaged in primary agricultural production, agro-processing and value addition to raw agricultural outputs, post harvest management, the Grain trade, commercialisation and modernisation of agriculture; with the requisite for increased capacity to create jobs, augment household income, boost export promotion and import substitution; in order to foster socio-economic transformation through agri-led industrialisation. A desk review was undertaken basing on a Sample of 100 funded projects to establish employment generated and other economic benefits. The Sample revealed that over 24,000 jobs were created and approximately