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International programmes and credit lines
The World Bank finances a US$350 million climate-smart agricultural transformation project approved in December 2022 and a US$169.2 million irrigation project approved in 20203213. IFAD co-finances the National Oil Palm Project, whose total cost rose to US$360.9 million with additional financing approved in December 2025, the National Oilseeds Project and a US$204.8 million livestock project697071. The AfDB finances value chain and irrigation programmes and lines of credit to the Uganda Development Bank, and AFD signed a EUR 40 million credit line with the bank in February 202672734849. The Green Climate Fund and the European Union fund dairy, forest, wetland and agricultural finance programmes747576.
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (P173296) | World Bank (IDA) | MAAIF | US$350 m | Approved 22 Dec 2022, closing 31 Dec 2028 | Aims to increase the productivity, market access and resilience of selected value chains, with support for climate-smart research, seed and agro-climatic information systems, the adoption of climate-smart technologies, producer organisations and a contingency emergency response component32. |
| Irrigation for Climate Resilience Project (P163836) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Water and Environment | US$169.2 m | Approved 18 Jun 2020, closing 30 Apr 2028 | Provides farmers in project areas with irrigation and agricultural services through new irrigation schemes, a pilot of public support for farmer-led small-scale irrigation and catchment management13. |
| Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises, GROW (P176747) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and Private Sector Foundation Uganda | US$217 m | Approved 17 Jun 2022, closing 31 Dec 2027 | Expands women entrepreneurs' access to finance through the GROW Financing Facility, including in refugee-hosting areas77. By June 2026 it had provided UGX 133.14 billion of soft loans to 6,584 women-owned businesses7. |
| Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project, Phase II (P510476) | World Bank (IDA) | Office of the Prime Minister | US$328 m | Approved 4 Jun 2025, closing 31 Dec 2031 | Improves services, economic opportunities including agriculture and natural resource management for refugees and host communities78. |
| Fourth Northern Uganda Social Action Fund, NUSAF IV (P179904) | World Bank (IDA) | Office of the Prime Minister | US$250 m | Approved 1 Apr 2025, closing 31 Dec 2031 | Supports sustainable livelihoods and the resilience of poor households to shocks, with disaster risk financing for shock-responsive safety nets and a national social registry79. |
| Agriculture Cluster Development Project (P145037) | World Bank (IDA) | MAAIF | US$150 m | Approved 9 Apr 2015, closed 31 May 2024 | Aimed to raise on-farm productivity, production and marketable volumes of selected commodities in geographic clusters80. |
| National Oil Palm Project | IFAD, Government and private sector | MAAIF | US$360.9 m total project cost | Approved 16 Apr 2018, additional financing approved Dec 2025, completion 31 Mar 2032 | Develops an oil palm industry to raise rural incomes. The original financing of US$210.4 million was extended by additional financing of US$145.4 million, including US$100 million of IFAD loans, which adds about 13,000 smallholder households in Busoga6981. |
| National Oilseeds Project | IFAD, OPEC Fund, Heifer International | MAAIF and Ministry of Local Government | US$160.7 m | Started 17 Dec 2019, planned end 31 Mar 2029 | Accelerates the commercialisation of oilseed value chains for about 120,000 smallholder households directly, financed by an IFAD loan of SDR 72.3 million and US$30 million from the OPEC Fund7082. |
| Resilient Livestock Value Chain Project (ReLIV) | IFAD, GCF, GEF | MAAIF | US$204.8 m total, IFAD US$99.57 m | Approved Sep 2024, Parliament approved the loan on 9 Sep 2025, planned end 31 Mar 2034 | Raises the incomes, nutrition and resilience of 200,000 dairy and beef households in the cattle corridor, with US$42.5 million from the Green Climate Fund and US$7.5 million from the GEF71. IFAD's design covers 41 districts, while Parliament's approval refers to 55 districts7183. |
| Agricultural Value Chain Development Programme, Project 1 | African Development Fund | MAAIF | UA 65.3 m | Approved 11 Dec 2017, planned end 30 Dec 2027 | Supports rice, maize and dairy and beef value chains through production, infrastructure and market development, with UA 50.8 million disbursed by the latest IATI report72. |
| Farm Income Enhancement and Forestry Conservation Programme, Project 2 | AfDB and Nordic Development Fund | Ministry of Water and Environment | XDR 62.8 m (US$91.43 m project cost) | Approved 20 Jan 2016, planned end 31 Dec 2026 | Finances irrigation infrastructure, agribusiness development and natural resource management to raise household incomes and climate resilience84. |
| AfDB lines of credit to Uganda Development Bank | AfDB | Uganda Development Bank | US$20 m | Approved 20 Jul 2018, planned end 31 Dec 2025 | A sovereign-guaranteed line of US$15 million and a non-sovereign line of US$5 million, with technical assistance of up to US$1 million, both fully drawn by the end of 20257346. |
| AFD credit line to Uganda Development Bank | Agence franΓ§aise de dΓ©veloppement | Uganda Development Bank | EUR 40 m | Signed 23 Feb 2026 | A credit line of EUR 40 million and EUR 800,000 of technical assistance for UDB lending to priority sectors, including agriculture, agribusiness, SACCOs and climate-smart agriculture, signed in Kampala on 23 February 20264849. |
| DaIMA, Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation (FP269) | Green Climate Fund | IFAD (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) | US$150 m GCF, US$358 m total | Approved 3 Jul 2025 | The Green Climate Fund's first dedicated livestock programme, including a Green Dairy Financing Facility, across four countries74. |
| Uganda REDD+ results-based payments, 2016β2017 (FP280) | Green Climate Fund | FAO | US$31.0 m | Approved 30 Oct 2025 | Pays for 8.07 million tonnes of verified emission reductions in 2016β2017 and reinvests the proceeds in climate-smart agriculture, sustainable charcoal and restoration in seventeen districts75. |
| Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments (FP034) | Green Climate Fund | UNDP and Ministry of Water and Environment | US$24.1 m GCF, US$46.2 m total | Approved 15 Dec 2016, completion 31 Dec 2027 | Restores wetlands, diversifies livelihoods and strengthens early warning in south-western and eastern Uganda85. |
| aBi Finance, financial inclusion for the agriculture sector | European Union | aBi Finance | EUR 10 m | 14 Apr 2021 to 14 Dec 2027 | Provides credit lines and guarantees for agriculture through financial intermediaries76. |
| Supporting sustainable investments in the agricultural sector | European Union | UNCDF | EUR 13.5 m | 16 Dec 2021 to 19 Sep 2030 | Promotes access to finance for agribusinesses and the security of tenure on Mailo land86. |
| Promoting Inclusive Green Economy in Uganda | European Union | Government of Uganda (delegated cooperation) | EUR 60 m | Started 14 Jun 2019 | Supports an inclusive green economy in Uganda through delegated cooperation with the Government87. |
| Inclusive Green Economy Uptake Programme (GreenUP) | European Union | Government of Uganda (delegated cooperation) | EUR 45 m | 9 Mar 2020 to 9 Jan 2029 | Finances the uptake of inclusive green economy approaches through delegated cooperation88. |
| Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund | European Union | IFAD | EUR 16.2 m | 5 May 2014 to 5 May 2031 | A public-private partnership that established and capitalised an investment fund for small and medium agribusinesses, which IFAD lists as the Yield Uganda Investment Fund8990. |
| Market-oriented and environmentally sustainable beef industry | European Union (11th EDF) | Government of Uganda | EUR 14.4 m | 13 Jan 2017 to 12 Apr 2026 | Supported a competitive and environmentally sustainable beef value chain focused on smallholders and small beef agribusinesses91. |
| Climate Action in Uganda | European Union | UNCDF | EUR 15 m | 7 Feb 2023 to 30 Oct 2030 | Facilitates access to climate finance at national and sub-national level and for green SMEs92. |
| Investing in Forests and Protected Areas for Climate-Smart Development (P170466) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Water and Environment | US$148.2 m | Approved 23 Apr 2020, closed 30 Jun 2026 | Aimed to improve the management of forests and protected areas and to increase community benefits from forests, including tree cover in refugee-hosting landscapes93. |
National programmes
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) | Government of Uganda and participating financial institutions | Bank of Uganda | UGX 1.52 trillion disbursed (cumulative to Jun 2026) | Since 2009 | The Government co-finances 50% of eligible agricultural loans at no interest to the lender, and borrowers pay at most 12% a year, or 15% for grain working capital43. Loans to 15,313 projects totalled UGX 1.52 trillion by 30 June 2026, of which UGX 288.3 billion in FY2025/26, and the FY2026/27 budget adds UGX 47.68 billion437. |
| Parish Development Model, Parish Revolving Fund | Government of Uganda | Ministry of Local Government and PDM SACCOs | UGX 1.059 trillion a year (FY2022/23 onward) | Since FY2021/22 | From FY2022/23 the Government budgeted UGX 100 million a year for each parish SACCO for loans to households, mainly for agricultural enterprises, and by December 2025 it had released UGX 50 million per SACCO for the first half of FY2025/269410. The Auditor General found that UGX 3,258.9 billion had been released by June 2025, of which UGX 2,750.3 billion had reached households24. Among beneficiaries who received Parish Revolving Fund loans by December 2022, whose 24-month grace period expired in December 2024, the Auditor General recorded voluntary repayments of UGX 9.34 billion by 18,105 beneficiaries in 709 SACCOs in 30 local governments24. |
| Emyooga (Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation) | Government of Uganda | Microfinance Support Centre | UGX 760 bn capitalisation (Jun 2026) | Since 2019 | Provides seed capital to 7,148 Emyooga SACCOs with about 2.48 million members, and UGX 525.22 billion of seed capital had reached 739,750 beneficiaries by October 2025710. |
| Uganda Agriculture Insurance Scheme (UAIS) | Government of Uganda | Agro Consortium | UGX 5 bn a year premium subsidy (2024) | Since 2016 | Subsidises premiums at 30%, 50% or 80% depending on farm size and location55. The insurance regulator stated in July 2024 that the Government contributes UGX 5 billion a year as premium subsidy54. Cumulatively the scheme insured 1,010,256 farmers with sums insured of UGX 5,151.28 billion and paid claims of UGX 57.80 billion, 43% of premiums10. |
| Large-Scale Commercial Farmers Financing Scheme | Government of Uganda | Government-owned commercial banks | UGX 41 bn a year | FY2025/26 and FY2026/27 | Pays the interest for farmers cultivating more than 50 acres of grains and animal feeds, and 186 farmers had borrowed UGX 169.1 billion under it by June 20267. |
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