Developing an outreach framework for strengthening university-farming community engagement (SUFACE)

SUFACE is a Community Action Research Project (CARP) whose purpose is to develop an operational framework where universities can work with communities. This is meant to address the lack of a long-term, engagement framework between the University and rural communities to enhance productivity and competitiveness of smallholder farmers as well as responsiveness and impact of university in agricultural development. The project is implemented by the School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS) in the districts of Apac, Kole and Lira. It is envisaged that strengthening information sharing on priority value chains will enhance access, uptake & utilization of universitygenerated knowledge & technologies leading to increased smallholder farmers productivity & incomes.