Field Activities
FOSTER Programme in Action
Farmer Field Schools, VSLA meetings and agricultural training sessions across Karamoja Subregion.
A unified digital platform for implementing partners and facilitators to manage VSLA groups, training sessions, KPI performance, and farmer profiles across 9 districts of Karamoja.
FAO FFS MIS centralizes data collection, reporting and monitoring for the FOSTER programme — reducing paperwork and giving decision-makers real-time visibility across all implementing partners.
Full lifecycle management of Village Savings and Loan Associations — members, cycles, meetings, loans and end-of-cycle shareouts with double-entry accounting.
Track FFS groups, training sessions, attendance, GAP resolutions and AESA livestock observations — all linked to facilitators and implementing partners.
Weekly scorecards for every facilitator and IP. Benchmark targets, trend charts and performance alerts — real-time visibility for programme managers.
Complete member profiles with household data, national ID, group roles, onboarding progress and full location hierarchy from village to district.
Record and monitor commodity prices across districts and sub-counties, helping farmers and facilitators make informed decisions about selling.
Facilitators capture meetings, attendance and profiles in the field without internet. Data syncs automatically when connectivity is restored.
Farmer Field Schools, VSLA meetings and agricultural training sessions across Karamoja Subregion.
The FOSTER programme (Food Security and Resilience in Karamoja) operates across the entire Karamoja Sub-region of Uganda — one of the country's most food-insecure areas — supporting farming communities through agricultural training, village savings groups and market linkages.
Funded by the European Union and implemented by FAO Uganda under project reference UNJP/UGA/068/EC.
M-Omulimisa is a Ugandan agri-tech company dedicated to connecting smallholder farmers with digital agricultural services — from AI-powered extension advice and market price information to VSLA digitization and village agent networks.
M-Omulimisa designed and built this FAO FFS MIS platform as the principal technical implementer of the FOSTER programme's digital component, delivering tools that help facilitators, implementing partners and programme managers work more effectively in the field.
A curated playlist of training videos for FAO FFS facilitators covering system usage, field data collection, VSLA meeting recording and mobile app operation. Designed for use during induction and ongoing support.
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