Executive summary: The author, a farmer from eastern Uganda, asks the effective altruism (EA) community to support the Uganda Community Farm (UCF) in expanding a white sorghum project and achieving administrative self-sufficiency by the end of 2024, in order to demonstrate EA’s commitment to directly supporting grassroots organizations in impoverished regions.
Key points:
The author lives in Kamuli and Buyende, the poorest districts in Uganda’s most impoverished region, Busoga.
The UCF aims to expand its white sorghum project to every village in Kamuli and Buyende by installing a grain cleaning, drying, and storage facility, which will enhance postharvest handling capacity and link farmers to reputable buyers.
The UCF also seeks to achieve 100% administrative self-sufficiency by maximizing production on its 12-acre premises using irrigation and permaculture approaches.
The author believes that EA should directly support poor people-led grassroots organizations in the global south, as traditional philanthropy has kept the world’s poor on the sidelines.
The author argues that global poverty can only be ended by supporting the extreme poor and their local grassroots organizations, rather than relying on a single approach like unconditional cash transfers.
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Executive summary: The author, a farmer from eastern Uganda, asks the effective altruism (EA) community to support the Uganda Community Farm (UCF) in expanding a white sorghum project and achieving administrative self-sufficiency by the end of 2024, in order to demonstrate EA’s commitment to directly supporting grassroots organizations in impoverished regions.
Key points:
The author lives in Kamuli and Buyende, the poorest districts in Uganda’s most impoverished region, Busoga.
The UCF aims to expand its white sorghum project to every village in Kamuli and Buyende by installing a grain cleaning, drying, and storage facility, which will enhance postharvest handling capacity and link farmers to reputable buyers.
The UCF also seeks to achieve 100% administrative self-sufficiency by maximizing production on its 12-acre premises using irrigation and permaculture approaches.
The author believes that EA should directly support poor people-led grassroots organizations in the global south, as traditional philanthropy has kept the world’s poor on the sidelines.
The author argues that global poverty can only be ended by supporting the extreme poor and their local grassroots organizations, rather than relying on a single approach like unconditional cash transfers.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.