National Ploughing Association helps foster sustainable farming ethos in Uganda

The National Ploughing Association, founded almost 85 years ago to help develop farming in Ireland, which was then in the doldrums, is now helping a co-op in Uganda to use new knowledge to develop its land.

Two farmers, Julius Itiakorit and Solomon Ajak, who are from the Mbale VIVA Co-op in eastern Uganda, are being funded by the NPA to attend Baraka Agricultural College in Kenya and are reported to be thriving in the experience.

On completion of the course in sustainable agriculture and rural development, the farmers will return home to work the land and use their new knowledge to help their local community.