Northern Uganda Farmers Receive Financial Support from EU

Following the unresolved challenges that small and medium commercial farmers face, especially access to credit, the United Nations capital development fund has rolled out the support to agricultural revitalization and transformation facility (START) to help such farmers in Northern Uganda access affordable medium term finances. The financing will be in form of providing business development services and seed capital in form of concessional loans, grants and partial guarantees. The facility is 603 billion Uganda shillings.