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Ambassador Lanier prepares to cut the ribbon to open the Kapchorwa warehouse

Ambassador Lanier prepares to cut the ribbon to open the Kapchorwa warehouse

U.S. Mission Uganda Funds a New Grain Warehouse in Kapchorwa

U.S. Mission Uganda, in collaboration with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries, and Fisheries, officially opened a new $1.4 million-dollar grain warehouse in Kapchorwa in February. The warehouse, funded by the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will allow small farmers to sell quality grain at fair prices in both local and regional markets. The project is part of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative, and is designed in coordination with Uganda's National Development Plan and the Ministry of Agriculture’s Development Strategy and Investment Plan. The project uses a warehouse receipt system, which enables licensed warehouse managers to clean, dry, grade, bag and store grain received from farmers for a fee.  Farmers get a receipt, verifying the quality and quantity of the stored grain, which they can then use to obtain bank loans to continue production. The warehouse is projected to benefit more than 150 producer organizations consisting of 20-30 farmers each.  The facility will be managed by the Kapchorwa Commercial Farmers Association. The United States is the largest funder of WFP’s humanitarian, agriculture, and market support programs.