BRAC operates agriculture and livestock programs in Uganda and Sierra Leone to help small farmers and the marginalized. The programs provide training to farmers on modern techniques, access to credit and inputs like seeds and fertilizer. They also support poultry and livestock rearing through vaccination, health services and entrepreneurship. Impact evaluations are conducted through baseline surveys, control groups and qualitative research to assess outcomes like increased assets, empowerment, and social and financial capital.

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Agriculture and Livestock
Program
BRAC Uganda and Sierra Leone

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• Started its operations in 2006
• The “Microfinance Multiplied” approach
• Targets the poor and marginalized
• Beneficiaries are primarily female
• Rigorous impact evaluation and monitoring
BRAC Africa

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• Realizes the lack of productivity and
challenges faced by small agriculture
farmers
• Understands the need for moving from
traditional to modern farming method
Agriculture Program

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• Selection and creation of agents for
agriculture development „EAEW‟
• Training and access to information is the key
• Making access to credit easier through
Microifnance
• Supplying high quality inputs and the seed
testing farm
• The “Demonstration effect”
Agriculture Program (Contd.)

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Activities Uganda Sierra Leone
District covered 41 4
Population covered 311,316 215,860
Villages covered 1236 425
Agriculture workers trained 1200 100
Refreshers for agriculture workers 1200 776
General farmers trained 49,150 225
Refresher for general farmers 34,258 115
Seeds distributed (Kg) 210,000 5,002
Fertilizer distributed (Kg) 87,000 7,125
Trial plot 3 36
Agriculture at a Glance

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• The Poultry and Livestock enterpreneurs
• Door to door outreach agents providing vital
services
• Poultry vaccination and education on housing,
feeding, water management and disease
prevention
• Livestock related services such as de-worming,
housing and feeding, cattle breed selection and
milking
• Artificial insemination entrepreneurs
Livestock and Poultry (L&P)

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Activities Uganda Sierra Leone
District covered 41 3
Population covered 379,200 177,748
P&L Volunteers trained 1200 108
Doses of poultry vaccination used 7146000 33,840
L&P rearers trained 88323 63
No. of model poultry rearers 1200 9
No. of model goat rearers - 11
No. of cattle inseminated 1480 -
No. of artificial insemination
workers trained
70 -
At a glance

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• Use of the platform created by
Microfinance
• Entrepreneurship skill and reliability
• Belongingness to both community and
BRAC
• Peer to peer bottom-up strategy
Integration of Gender

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• Cross country analysis e.g. Uganda and
Sierra Leone
• Base for East and West Africa research
units respectively
• Continuous data collection for research
and evaluation
• Well established data management and
field management teams
Impact Evaluation

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Activities Uganda Sierra Leone
Researchers (Expatriate) 3 3
Researchers (National) 4 3
Data Entry Operators 24 4
Field Staff (permanent) 60 (3) 40
At a Glance

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• Takes into account the holistic approach of BRAC
• Baseline survey has been carried out in 2009 for
Uganda and The Sierra Leone baseline survey will
be finished by the end of this month
• Discontinuity model with control and treatment
group
• Backed up by qualitative findings
• Make use of livelihood framework
• Integration of gender into evaluation framework is
not challenging as such
Evaluation Design

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• Increase in the capacity to acquire natural and physical assets
like land and housing.
• Improvement in social capital such as their network with other
members in their communities as well as their level of
belongingness within the wider community.
• Increased participation in government institutions and policy
making
• Rise in financial capital particularly their savings and credit
worthiness
• Enhanced capacity and ability to take care of or finance their
children‟s educational, health and nutritional needs.
• Female empowerment in the decision making process in the
household and increased control over assets
Expected Outcome

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• Changes in the household dynamics
• Cultural shift within the community
• Social capital
Qualitative Outcomes

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