Peter Omondi is a member of the Koro-Bobi Sweet Potato Association in Gulu, Northern Uganda. The members grow biofortified vitamin A orange sweet potato (OSP) for sale in local markets and outside the country. Peter provides OSP vines to the group, and everyone grows sweet potatoes in their own gardens. Peter plays a critical role as a village agent at the center of the input and output markets; he is the source of vines and does the bulking for collective marketing of the roots.
Nakyanzi Ruth owns a small seed and farm supply store in Masaka district, Central Uganda. She is also an active member of the local Kyazanga Farmers’ Cooperative. During a meeting in 2019, she heard about the nutritional benefits of beans bred for higher iron content. Following training by HarvestPlus, she eagerly sought more information about the biofortified beans and she eventually became a regional champion promoting and supplying iron beans to the farming community.
Nakyanzi and Peter are among thousands of Ugandans working in agriculture and food value chains who have been trained, empowered, and supported since 2006 to deliver better nutrition to the country’s smallholder farmers and other nutrition-vulnerable groups through biofortified crops and foods.