Our livelihoods sector programs support our primary target participants (farmers and youth) to earn a sustainable living, by enhancing their knowledge and skills, that improves their productivity and economic value of their crops and helps them set up small businesses to generate more income.

PALM Corps will promote agricultural production & productivity increment through approaches such as the Farmer Field School (FFS), Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) that integrate principles of agroecology and climate smart farming, focusing on priority value chains for food security and income. We will closely work with research institutions (Universities, NARO) and farmers to co-create context specific solutions to production constraints. We complement practical field learning (in demonstration plots) with the use of digital Apps to reach more farmers efficiently. The Block farming approach will be adopted to enhance access to land for refugees and ensure cross learning amongst farmers within the block. To increase employability of the youth, PALM Corps will coordinate entrepreneurial, vocational and life skills training of youth with local artisans (Apprenticeship), Business Technical Vocational Education Training Institutes (BTEVT) and mentors as well as provide continuous business support services for youth after graduation and conduct tracer studies. PALM Corps has consistently demonstrated capacity in facilitating market linkages in West Nile through developing business cases for agro-enterprises, delivering business development services (BDS), facilitating multi-stakeholder market dialogues, collective marketing and linking agri-businesses to financial institutions. These approaches will be used to achieve the desired objective of this sector.