Mbarara District Farmers’ Association

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Farmers’
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MBADIFA
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
Membership . . .
Individual Farmers (Members)
PECS
Annual fees:
Single:
10.000/=
Family:
10.000/=
Groups
Life members
Farmers’ Assembly
Affiliate Group/CSO new: 100.000/=
Affiliate Group/CSO old: 70.000/=
Life membership:
300.000/=
Payable at office or by bank
DEB
1.
2.
3.
4.
Working committee
Fin. & Planning committee
Publicity Committee
App. & Disc. Comm.
a/c 0121053649101 Stanbic Bank,
Mbarara Branch.
Secretariat
Business Wing
Advisory Board
WE ARE PROUD PARTNERS WITH
Mr. ……………………………………..…. Age: ………
Mrs./Ms. …………………………….....….. Age: …..…
MBADIFA BUILDING
Affiliate Group/CSO: …………No. of Members: ……..
aBi
Parish: …………………………………………………..
Sub-county: …………………………………………….
Type of membership:
Single/Family/Affiliate/Life
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Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Website: Www.mbadifa.org
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Plot 47/49, Akiiki Nyabongo Road P.O. Box
1592, Mbarara
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MBADIFA is …
… (Mbarara district farmers Association) , a
Non-Governmental membership Organization
which was formed and registered in 1994.
… affiliated to the Uganda National Farmers’
Federation (UNFFE) in Kampala, Its aims are
to unite farmers and assist them to access better
services in the areas of production and marketing, through Lobby and Advocacy and access
to
service providers.
MBADIFA has worked with and received support from development partners like, DANIDA,
IVA, TRIAS, Farm Africa, PSFU-BUDS,
ACDI/VOCA and aBi Trust to implemented
various
programmes aimed at improving food and income security of the farmer
members in Mbarara District through trainings, experiments and demonstrations .
The organization has functional democratic
structures whereby the farmers at Parish level
through their farmers’ assembly elect Parish
Executive Committees (PECs) and two farmers’ delegates (one man and one woman) which
then send
delegates to the District Assembly where they elect the District Executive
Board (DEB) once in every three years. 1/3 of
the DEB must be women.
The DEB is charged with the responsibility of
running the organization through a Secretariat
of employed staff headed by the coordinator.
Farmers groups with special interest (SIGs),
affiliated Civil society Organisations (CSOs) ,
such as women groups, youth groups, CBOs,
NGOs, Faith Based organizations (FBOs), etc.)
also register with us to access our services and
resources.
Vision
Services Available
All farmers of Mbarara District are united
under a strong MBADIFA and have attained
quality livelihood.
 Lobbying,
advocacy
and
Resource
mobilization.
 Institutional development of farmer groups
and fora, through carrying out group needs
assessment, group strengthening, enterprise
Mission
To unite and improve the livelihood of
farmer members in Mbarara District through
efficient capacity building, lobby and advocacy and linkage to strategic networks for
food and income security.
identification, participatory market research,
cost benefit analysis, selection of enterprise,
market
chain
analysis,
record
keeping,
business plan, enterprise development, participatory monitoring and evaluation, quality
Objectives
control, market intelligence and contract management. In partnership with other stake hold-
I.Farmers are organized in strong groups/organizations
(Cooperatives, Associations, Networks, Movements .)
II.Farmers have increased production and productivity
III.Farmers have accessed diverse and
profitable
markets.
promoted
and
enterprises.
carry out their own experiments on improved
and new varieties of crops.
 Promoting farm technologies such as rain wa-
ter harvesting , Biogas, Solar dryers, improved
IV.Farmers are food secure.
V.Farmers are influencing policies and
demand for
goats shed and improved storage structures.
 Networking with strategic stakeholders for
services.
complementing provision of farmers services .
VI. A Strong MBADIFA delivering quality and
sustainable services.
providers.
 Demand-driven trainings on selected
 Setting up farmer field schools for farmers to
in a sustainable way.
VII.Farmers
ers.
are
 Study tours and exchange visits for farmers
and farmer groups.
linked
to
other
service
 Promoting natural resource management and
utilization.