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mall holder farmers’ participation in the development
of policies is seen to be constrained by the top down
framework of policy making in Uganda. And the
prevailing approachof consultationsmany times is seen tobe
veryselectiveand thismisses thecritical point of inclusiveness
especially on the representation of women and youth. This
emergesright from theprescribedroles theyplay inahousehold
assubordinatesand theprevailingpower differencesup to the
decisionmaking levels. Thus, this category of participants are
left disillusioned with leadership representation and therefore
excluded frompolicy development processes.
It is against this background that NUCAFE is implementing
an activity on gender based advocacy for the implementation
of the National Coffee Policy in Uganda funded by USAID
Uganda; this is part of Feed the Future Enabling Environment
Activity.Thespecial targetgroup isWomenandYouthbecause
they play an important role in the coffee production process
but hardly are they integrated in policy decision making.
The overall objective of this activity is to increase coffee
productivityamongMen,Women, andYouth in the100 farmer
organizations across the 5 coffee growing regions of Central,
Western, SouthWestern, Eastern andNorthern region.
BOOSTINGWOMENAND
YOUTHPARTICIPATION
INPOLICYADVOCACY
ACTIVITIES
ByRashidaNakabuga,Membership&AdvocacymanagerNUCAFE
