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USD42 857 was made and already sales of USD14
235 of fertilizers have been made even before season
2019B starts. This is attributed to the mindset change
in which fertilizers can now be used for beans and
sorghum.

Impact
• Nyabyumba United Farmers made an economic
analysis and found out that transporting fertilizer using
a truck to Nyabyumba from Kabaale town costs them
USD0.5 per bag in a truck as opposed to USD12 that
was required per farmer to move a fertilizer bag to the
hilly area. Figure 1: Bean yield vs fertilizer types/amendments

• Fertilizers are now affordable and accessible to farmers
because transport costs are lessened and farmers can
easily get it from the cooperative premises; members
are also given fertilizer loans.
• Kabaale Agro-Inputs Supply Ltd has strengthened
its inputs market and has also built the capacity
of Nyabyumba Farmers’ Cooperative by making a
functional retail outlet.
• Fertilizer and other inputs have been made more
accessible and affordable to smallholder farmers and
this will increase the use of inputs, thus increasing
agricultural productivity and production.
• These interventions have created a positive mindset
within smallholder farmers and will likely contribute to Figure 2: Potato yield vs fertilizer amendments
their engagement in agriculture by encouraging them
to invest and thus profit from the investment.

• Fertilizer use generally increases yield per unit for
beans and potatoes respectively as demonstrated in
Nyabyumba village, Kabaale district, Western Uganda.
(See figures 1 and 2 on the right.)

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