Keleto Ameliana, is the mother of five and a resident of Kijumbya, Bulisa district.
She chose Casava Growing because she believed it could easily generate income while also feeding her five children.
“As a woman, I chose casava because it is high-yielding, profitable, and it allows me time to attend to my normal chores because I have a family to care for.” Keleto narrated as we navigated through her half-acre casava garden.
Geoffrey Avuni, a resident of the same village, also a father of five, lost part of his property to pave way for the construction of an access road. He is optimistic that Casava will potentially generate the same or even more income than he used to earn from that part of his property that was affected.
He notes that the high-yielding NAROCAS 1 is “promising looking at the lush green canopy of its leaves and the ground-breaking tubers.”
“I hope that by the end of this year, I will have a huge harvest, but my ultimate target is to have more casava cuttings to plant for the next season,” says Avuni.
NAROCAS1 is a high-yielding improved variety of cassava that is high on nutrition, and matures faster than the indigenous variety.
The Agriculture Support Supervision Project (AgriSSP) targets a total of 3,990 households (4901 PAPs), whereby 1,808 households will receive general level support and 2,182 households will receive intensive level support by the close of the project.