Empowering women, youth and farmers through climate-resilient agriculture
AGRILIV builds the infrastructure, skills and enterprises that help Ugandan communities outlast a changing climate.
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AGRILIV is a Uganda-registered NGO, incorporated in 2017 and working with communities across the country. It is led by Executive Director Kisitu Erias and governed by a six-member Board of Directors. Our funded projects so far span West Nile, Karamoja, Teso, the central cattle corridor and the greater Mbarara area, and that record reflects our partnerships, not the limit of where we work.
Climate resilience
Rangeland restored, water harvested and seasons made predictable, so droughts stop deciding who eats.
Renewable energy and livelihoods
Biogas systems that turn farm waste into clean cooking energy, built and run by the entrepreneurs we train.
Youth and women empowerment
Technical skills and enterprise support for the people most often left out of decisions about energy, water and land.
Leadership and technical team
AGRILIV is governed by a six-member Board of Directors. Our rangeland, pasture and water work draws on the technical team behind the EU-funded MOBIP-RAWM programme.
Kisitu Erias
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AGRILIV’s legal representative, who has overseen our project delivery since the organisation was incorporated in 2017. Also a director of our partner AGRENES.
Dr Ssemwanga Mohammed
TECHNICAL LEAD, PASTURE, RANGELAND AND WATER
Lead author of the MOBIP-RAWM case study on climate-smart pasture, agroforestry and water management, and project contact for the AIRTEA Dairy Innovation Centres.
Technical specialists
MOBIP-RAWM CASE STUDY CO-AUTHORS
- Nakiguli Fatumah, agroforestry and water resources
- Nasejje Shadia, rangeland rehabilitation
- Swidiq Mugerwa, senior advisor, pasture production
AIRTEA: circular Dairy Innovation Centres
Three farmer-managed centres in Wakiso, Mityana and Gomba, funded through the ACP Innovation Fund of the OACPS Research and Innovation Programme, with the financial contribution of the European Union, and delivered by a consortium of AGRENES (lead), AGRILIV, Makerere University, NARO and AGRITECH Advanced Systems.
- 3,080 farmers and value-chain actors trained, 34% women and 42% youth
- Milk yield up about nine-fold, from 150 to 1,290 litres per cow per month
- Over 13.7 million kg of conserved forage produced, from a 5,650 kg baseline
- 15 youth-led agribusinesses launched; 11 trade agreements and 7 input–output contracts facilitated
- 383 users on the digital e-MSIP platform; 1,670 kg of firewood displaced every month
Change you can see
Photographs from AIRTEA project sites.
A Mityana dairy farmer no longer fears the dry season
Feed was costly and milk output low. After training at his local Dairy Innovation Centre, Kassim Juma now makes his own silage and runs biogas at home.
In Wakiso, a young entrepreneur turns feed conservation into a business
Through the Dairy Innovation Centre and the e-MSIP platform, Nabatu learned feed production and record keeping. Today she supplies hay and feed supplements to nearby farmers.
Gomba’s District Agricultural Officer backs scaling the DIC model
Bringing farmers, researchers, the private sector and local government to one table is building trust and learning, says Atim Geofrey, who wants it built into government extension.
Biogas at the Dairy Innovation Centres is replacing 1,670 kg of firewood a month
Flexi-Biogas digesters turn farm waste into cooking gas, about 1,200 kg a month, easing pressure on forests and household energy bills.
3,080 farmers and value-chain actors trained across three districts
Field schools, exposure visits and digital learning reached farmers in Wakiso, Mityana and Gomba, with deliberate inclusion of women and youth.
Fifteen youth-led enterprises take root around the Dairy Innovation Centres
From animal feed and Black Soldier Fly larvae to Azolla and organic inputs, young entrepreneurs have started businesses. The project also facilitated 11 trade agreements and 7 input–output contracts.
Our work in Uganda’s most climate-stressed region
Karamoja is semi-arid, with about 650 mm of increasingly erratic rain a year. Between April and July 2026 an estimated 473,000 people, 32% of the population, faced crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC Phase 3+). We and our partner AGRENES have worked here since 2018.
CRWEE: women’s climate-resilient livelihoods
Gender-responsive climate adaptation across Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit and Abim, including 8 biogas digesters in Moroto and Nakapiripirit, all four in Moroto for women farmers.
Emergency livestock feed
5,000 hay bales delivered across Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Amudat, Kotido, Karenga and Nabilatuk.
Agroecology training in Amudat
NGO field staff trained to assess farms with FAO’s TAPE tool after prolonged drought hit production and food security.
Mountains ADAPT, Rupa sub-county
Rangeland reseeding, water harvesting and fodder training for Matheniko agro-pastoral households at the foot of Mount Moroto.
Programs across Uganda
Donor-funded work delivered by AGRILIV, with farmers’ associations, research institutions and government partners.
AIRTEA: circular Dairy Innovation Centres →
Wakiso, Mityana and Gomba. Three farmer-managed centres, 24 facilities, 3,080 people trained and 15 youth-led enterprises launched.
MOBIP-RAWM: rangeland, agro-forestry and water →
Nine districts of the cattle corridor, 2019–2022, EUR 1.5 million. 483 acres of new pasture, 405 acres of degraded rangeland restored, 18 water facilities and 400,000 agroforestry seedlings.
GCCA+ climate adaptation: biogas component →
Kalungu, Luweero, Sembabule and Lyantonde. 32 Flexi-Biogas digesters, eight per district, at least half of them for women farmers, delivered with each district farmers’ association.
CRWEE: women’s climate-resilient livelihoods →
Twelve districts of West Nile and Karamoja, 2018–2019, UGX 1.08 billion. 96 smallholder biogas systems installed and 48 youth champions trained to build, install and maintain them.
Biogas and bio-fertilizer pilot, Teso →
Katakwi and Kaberamaido, 2024. 20 Flexi-Biogas units installed, 42 youth and women trained as artisans and 250+ farmers trained.
Capacity building for field staff →
Amudat, Karamoja, 2022. Training NGO field staff to use FAO’s Tool for Agroecological Performance Evaluation (TAPE).
ClimaTech: climate information for farmers →
Wakyato, Ngoma and Kinoni sub-counties. 60 village agents trained in early-warning indicators, with weather forecasts shared with farmers every two weeks.
Ngoma youth skills development →
100 youth organised into 8 farmer field schools, trained in pasture establishment and agribusiness, with 32 acres of pasture planted and 8 water harvesting demonstrations.
Mountains ADAPT: rangeland and water resilience →
Rupa, Moroto. A USD 30,000, 12-month application to reseed degraded rangeland, build a small water harvesting structure and train herders in fodder conservation, at least 30% women and 40% youth.
With our sister organisation AGRENES
AGRENES (Agriculture, Environment and Ecosystems Limited, Reg. No. 179759) is a Uganda-registered private limited company under common leadership with AGRILIV, and has been our technical co-implementation partner on rangeland, water and renewable energy since 2018. The two are separate legal entities with their own bank accounts and separately audited financial statements. These programs were delivered through AGRENES.
DINU: Acholi and Lango sub-regions →
Consortium partner in the EU-funded programme across Nwoya, Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, Lira, Alebtong, Kole and Oyam.
Irrigation scheme value chains: Olweny and Agoro
Lira and Lamwo. Farmer-organisation capacity building, value chain analysis, agro-processing needs and commodity marketing platforms.
Pasture and feed supply →
Five FAO orders worth UGX 1.04 billion: 10,400 kg of pasture and legume seed, 10,500 hay bales and 3,000 mineral blocks, delivered from Karamoja to Bududa.
Registered, licensed and audited
Documents are available on request for due diligence.
| Certificate of Incorporation | Company Limited by Guarantee, Reg. No. 80020000255472 (22 May 2017) · View certificate (PDF) |
| NGO Bureau Permit to Operate | Permit No. INDP1209716NB, issued 27 September 2024, valid 60 months, nationwide |
| KCCA Trade Licence | Kampala Capital City Authority, TLC 20241541742 · copy available on request |
| Data protection registration | Personal Data Protection Office, Reg. No. PDPO-202411-3874 |
| 2023 audited accounts | Annual income of about UGX 8.87 billion, audited by Joek & Associates, Certified Public Accountants |
Partner with AGRILIV
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Email: info@agriliv.org
Phone: +256 783 303 383 · +256 777 990 796 · +256 706 956 784
P.O. Box 71257, Lungujja, Kampala, Uganda