{"id":519,"date":"2026-04-21T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/districts-receive-vehicles-and-motorcycles-to-boost-agricultural-extension-services\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:22:21","slug":"districts-receive-vehicles-and-motorcycles-to-boost-agricultural-extension-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/districts-receive-vehicles-and-motorcycles-to-boost-agricultural-extension-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Districts Receive Vehicles and Motorcycles to Boost Agricultural Extension Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/>\n                                Kololo, Kampala\u2013 The Government of Uganda has today handed over vehicles and motorcycles to districts under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP) at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, in a major step to strengthen agricultural extension services.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding over the function,\u00a0the Vice President, Jessica Alupo emphasised the importance of last-mile service delivery:<br \/>\n\u201cFor a long time, limited mobility has constrained last-mile service delivery. These vehicles and motorcycles will now enable our extension staff to reach farmers more efficiently, provide timely technical support, and enhance accountability.\u201d<br \/>\nShe further urged strict accountability in the use of public assets:<br \/>\n\u201cThese are public resources entrusted to you to serve our farmers. Let us not look for more excuses not to serve the farmers.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze\u00a0 highlighted the central role of extension services in agricultural transformation:<br \/>\n\u201cOne of the most critical enablers of agricultural transformation is a functional extension system\u2026 equipping them with mobility means farmers will now receive the advisory services they need to improve productivity and incomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calling for effective utilisation at district level, the Minister added: \u201cLet us ensure that we give the public value for money by ensuring that the objective of enhancing access to extension services is realised.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Permanent Secretary highlighted the scale and impact of the project:<br \/>\n\u201cThis project must deliver results to the farmer, not on paper, but in reality. The success will be measured by the number of livelihoods transformed.\u201d<br \/>\nThe UCSATP, supported by the World Bank, is a USD 354 million investment targeting 3.9 million<br \/>\nbeneficiaries across 69 districts, aimed at increasing productivity, improving market access, and building resilience to climate change.<br \/>\nGovernment reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that these investments translate into real impact at household level through improved service delivery, increased production, and higher farmer incomes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thetorchuganda.com\/2026\/04\/21\/districts-receive-vehicles-and-motorcycles-to-boost-agricultural-extension-services\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kololo, Kampala\u2013 The Government of Uganda has today handed over vehicles and motorcycles to districts under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP) at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, in a major step to strengthen agricultural extension services. Presiding over the function,\u00a0the Vice President, Jessica Alupo emphasised the importance of last-mile service delivery: \u201cFor a long &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services.jpg",2048,1566,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-300x229.jpg",300,229,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-768x587.jpg",618,472,true],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-1024x783.jpg",618,473,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-1536x1175.jpg",1536,1175,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services.jpg",2048,1566,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-110x75.jpg",110,75,true],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-310x165.jpg",310,165,true],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-310x205.jpg",310,205,true],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-660x330.jpg",660,330,true],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Districts-Receive-Vehicles-and-Motorcycles-to-Boost-Agricultural-Extension-Services-1050x525.jpg",1050,525,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}