Practical skills.
Thriving enterprises.
Sustainable livelihoods.
Cielo Ecofarm and Agribusiness Development Center equips young people and communities in Uganda with practical agribusiness skills, enterprise support, and knowledge for sustainable livelihoods.
Combined reach through skilling and stakeholder services
CEADC’s reported total covers people skilled and stakeholders reached through its services.
900 youth
Apprenticeship under YIDaMS
425 participants
Ecoprosperity skilling in Mitooma District
9,000 farmers and households
Engagement around the River Kitagata catchment
Local knowledge.
Shared ambition.
CEADC contributes local delivery experience, practical skills and community engagement to wider development programmes.
Opening pathways in the dairy sector
Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems
900 youth
Ripple Effect Uganda
CEADC served as a key apprenticeship implementation unit for 900 youth.
The Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems (YIDaMS) project runs from 2022–2027. Implemented by Ripple Effect Uganda in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, it supports young people in Uganda’s dairy sector, particularly young women, youth with disabilities and refugee youth.
Ripple Effect Uganda is CEADC’s implementation relationship. The Mastercard Foundation is a partner in the wider project.
Practical skills. More possibilities.
Ecoprosperity Project · Mitooma District
425 participants
Swisscontact Uganda
CEADC partnered on skilling delivery in Mitooma District, reaching 425 participants, including young women, youth and single mothers.
The Ecoprosperity Project used an Inclusive Systems Development model combining technical skills, eco-friendly micro-business training, affordable digital loans, soil and ecosystem management advisory, and early warning systems.
These components describe the wider project model. CEADC’s stated contribution was skilling; it is not described as a loan provider or the delivery organisation for every component.
Connecting communities around water
River Kitagata Catchment Protection · IWMDP
9,000 farmers and households
River Kitagata catchment initiative
CEADC served as a delivery partner for stakeholder mobilisation and engagement, reaching 9,000 farmers and households.
Under the Integrated Water Management and Development Project (IWMDP), the National Water and Sewerage Corporation and the World Bank, in partnership with WWF-Uganda, implemented water source and catchment protection measures around the River Kitagata catchment in Western Uganda.
CEADC’s role was community mobilisation and engagement. This reach figure is not a measurement of environmental outcomes.
Skills for young agripreneurs
Skilling in Agripreneurship for Increased Youth Employment (SAY) · 2020–2024
Over 153 young people
AVSI Foundation
CEADC supported the skilling of over 153 young people in honey production and processing, poultry production, and animal fodder production and processing.
Implemented in Uganda by AVSI Foundation with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, SAY aimed to equip young people with practical agricultural skills, promote agripreneurship and expand opportunities for employment and self-reliance.
CEADC contributed practical, market-oriented training to the project’s skilling objectives.
Supporting women-led enterprises
Sustainable Inclusive Youth Employment Pathways (SIYEP) · 2025–2030
Target: 2,000 women-led businesses
African Agribusiness Incubators Network (AAIN)
As an implementing partner for AAIN, CEADC is tasked with incubating 2,000 women-led businesses in western Uganda.
SIYEP is a national initiative funded by the Mastercard Foundation to empower young women across Uganda through market-relevant skills, mentorship and enterprise support.
The initiative aims to build business capacity and support young women’s transition into sustainable, dignified self-employment. The 2,000-business figure is a delivery target, not an achieved result.
Learning together.
Building possibilities.
Partners
Institutional partners
Kyera Farm Institute (Mbarara) · Kitagata Farm Institute (Sheema) · Ibanda Farm Institute (Ibanda) . Excel College (Ishaka)
Kyamuhunga Peoples Sacco . Katenga Tukore SACCO . Bushenyi Agripreneurs SACCO (established by hundreds of youth entrepreneurs skilled by CEADC.)
Learn it. Put it to work.
Practical learning connects to the everyday work of building an enterprise.
Learn
Build skills in class and on the farm.
Enterprise
Start an enterprise or improve an existing one.
Associate
Bring efforts and resources together.
Produce
Work individually or as a group.
Market
Showcase products and connect with buyers.
Earn
Put enterprise activity towards a livelihood.
CEADC’s Youth Agribusiness Promotional Point provides space for entrepreneurs to showcase products and connect at the Western Uganda regional office.
Real people. Practical learning.
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Let’s build stronger livelihoods together.
Collaborate on practical skills, apprenticeship, enterprise support, community mobilisation and environmental initiatives.
Your next step starts here.
Interested in training, a delivery partnership or support for your community? Get in touch with the CEADC.
Contact CEADC
Western Uganda regional office
Cielo Ecofarm Skilling Center
Ishaka-Bushenyi Municipality
Off Cielo Country Inn Hotel
Plot 78, Ishaka-Kasese Road
Kampala office
Marigold Suite
Cielo Business House, 3rd Floor
Butabika Road, opposite Cecila Junction
Mutungo, Kampala