Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit

Agriculture Sector
The overall performance of the agriculture sector during FY2015/16 was good at 73%. Performance, however, was lower and not matching the high resource absorption level (99.45%). The district decentralized (Operation Wealth Creation-OWC) and managed (Production Marketing Grant-PMG) grants were better implemented than the centrally managed grants handled by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Dairy Development Authority (DDA).

Examples of good performing projects and programmes were the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)/OWC, PMG, Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) and Uganda Cotton Development Organisation (UCDO). Access to the ACF scheme remained very low reflected in the very poor resource absorption level (25.15%).

Examples of poor performers included some of the MAAIF projects and DDA. For instance, the Enhancing National Food Security Project performed poorly (24.63%) despite full absorption of the government counterpart funding. The performance of the Northern Uganda and Medium Livelihood Improvement Project was poor (46.07%) and not in line with the resource absorption level (99.9%). The DDA performance was lower (52%) despite the high resource absorption level (99.5%).

The findings were presented by Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga-BMAU Deputy Head/Technical Monitoring Officer- Agriculture, during the joint agricultural sector review workshop held at Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo from 29th-30th August, 2016 under the theme “Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Job Creation”.

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