A2N-Uganda has learned that poverty in rural communities cannot be addressed through agricultural production alone. Farmers also face social, economic and policy challenges that can undermine their ability to secure the benefits of their hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over its 31 years of experience, A2N-Uganda has identified a number of issues requiring wider policy attention, including alcoholism, theft of food from household granaries and insecurity arising from inadequate land documentation and tenure arrangements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of simply identifying these challenges, A2N-Uganda has supported farmer groups to understand the issues affecting them and to become advocates for change. This has helped communities move from being passive recipients of development assistance to becoming more informed participants in discussions about policies and decisions affecting their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A2N-Uganda\u2019s practical experience at community level has also positioned it as a trusted development partner. The organization has successfully engaged with government institutions, policymakers, research institutions and development partners<\/strong>, and has been contracted by the Government of Uganda to implement various projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tangible results achieved through its work with farmers and communities have, in turn, attracted new support and partnerships. This growing recognition demonstrates the value of A2N-Uganda\u2019s community-based approach: listening to farmers, identifying the barriers they face, developing practical solutions and ensuring that their experiences contribute to broader policy and development processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After more than three decades, A2N-Uganda\u2019s story is therefore not only about the number of farmers reached, but also about communities gaining knowledge, confidence and a stronger voice in shaping their own development<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A2N-Uganda has learned that poverty in rural communities cannot be addressed through agricultural production alone. Farmers also face social, economic and policy challenges that can undermine their ability to secure the benefits of their hard work. Over its 31 years of experience, A2N-Uganda has identified a number of issues requiring wider policy attention, including alcoholism, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a2n.org.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}