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Lessons Learned
• It is not good to assume that certain practices are Mr Rogers is a good man. When the demand
obvious as farmers of Nyabyumba had never thought
it was right to use fertilizers in beans and sorghum until for the fertilizers increased after what the farmers
this was demonstrated to them. saw in the field; he was flexible enough even to
supply us with fertilizers on credit to sell to the
• Limited access to knowledge was reducing the
adoption of technology and the use of fertilizers, much farmers. He gave us up to 30 days’ grace period
as the populace was willing. to pay. We also give fertilizer loans to farmers
and they are paying well.
• Establishing an agro-input shop near, or connected
to, an organized farmer group will easily create impact Mr William Muyambi, chairperson of Nyabyumba
and ease sales. United Farmers and SACCO

• Identifying the exact need is what will ease progress
and catalyze the change within the value chain.

Farmers of Nyabyumba United Farmers could not hold back their excitement about the knowledge revealed through the AFAP-supported
demos enabled through Kabaale Agro-Inputs Supply. They wrapped up with a ‘Kiga dance” – a local traditional dance.
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