Kibaale Rural Development Foundation

(KIRUDEF)

Together we can make it.

AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is the major source of income in the community. The local people are basically involved in arable farming and tending to embark on animal husbandry.As such the organization has put efforts to improve and boost agriculture by venturing in supporting aquaculture, fruiti-culture, crop farming, growing vegetable, beekeeping, goat rearing, rabbit keeping, poultry, piggery, sheep rearing and cattle keeping but not limited to the aforementioned.

The Aims for venturing in agriculture are:

  • To improve household incomes as a source of the community's livelihood.
  • To improve on nutrition in the community as remedy to illness caused by malnutrition especially among children who dwell in the area of our operation.
In the area of operation, the activities are executed in divisions organized in form of zones . In the mean time, KIRUDEF for instance has five agriculture zones in Kisaliire local council as indicated below:

Zone Name
i Bamusuta
ii Mahundwe
iii Mantabu
iv Musongola
v Kyamugombya


In the various zones, vegetable growing is compulsory since vegetables have a short maturity period with a ready markert. In addition to that, the locals have a choice of any other type of crops to grow depending on preference and fertility of the soils. Given the neccesity, KIRUDEF is tasked to provide seeds to the local community in the various zones. The table below shows the various inputs KIRUDEF provide/has to provide to the various communities dealing in the various branches of agriculture ventured in.

Branch/Category Inputs
Aquaculture/fish farming
  • Fish flies
  • construct fish ponds
Beekeeping
  • Beehives made out of timber
Fruiticulture Seedlings/Suckers of:
  • mangoes
  • oranges
  • avacadoes
  • passion fruit
  • pineapples
Animal Husbandry
  • Piglets
  • rabbits/bunnies
  • kids/goats
  • calves/cows/bulls
  • sheep/lambs
poultry/fowl rearing
  • chicks(broilers / layers)
  • ducks / ducklings
  • turkeys
Arable Farming/Crop Growing
  • Cassava stems
  • Irish potato tubers
    • Cereals seeds such as rice, wheat maize, sorghum, sim sim
    • sweet potato vines
    • banana suckers
    • yam tubers
    • sunflower seeds
Vegetable Growing
  • Onions
  • tomato seeds
  • cabbage seeds
  • carrot seeds
  • green pepper seeds
  • sukuma wilky

The products from agriculture include vegetables like cabbages, tomatoes and onions, fruits like ovacodoes, mangoes and oranges alongside a variety of local foods such as maize, ground-nuts and beans. From animal husbandry and poultry eggs, milk, chicken, pork, beef and mutton among others have been realised. Most of the products have a ready market and of course are a source of food to the families in the community. The locals are thus able to earn income to support their families which is a step toward eradicating poverty in the rural community. But the dream is still far from being achieved as the work ahead is still alot yet the resources available are minimal to adeqautely drive the pace of the project.