
Mr.
PDM National Coordinator

Ms.
PDM Deputy National Coordinator
PARISH DEVELOPMENT MODEL
The Model positions the PARISH as the epicenter of multi-sectoral community development, planning, implementation, supervision and accountability. Parish as the lowest reference unit for planning, budgeting and delivery of interventions to drive socio-economic transformation.The PDM wil create Wealth, Employment and increase Household Incomes.
The PDM has seven Pillars i.e.
(1) Production, Storage, Processing and Marketing;
(2) Infrastructure and Economic Services;
(3) Financial Inclusion;
(4) Social Services;
(5) Mindset change;
(6) Parish Based Management Information System
(7) Governance and Administration.
The PDM is therefore a Government approach that delivers a package of services and entails;
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The Model proposes building infrastructure and systems that support processing and marketing of Uganda’s agricultural products.
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Generating data on house-holds country-wide to inform Government interventions.
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Farmers at Parish level will be coordinated through area-based commodity clusters in order to increase production and productivity that will create sustainable agricultural production.
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Farmers will get access to Agricultural extension services, finance business Management training.
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Build infrastructure and systems that support processing and marketing of Uganda’s agricultural products.
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Strengthen participatory planning by local communities to collectively identify and address systemic bottlenecks that affect local economic development.
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Addressing vulnerability among youth, women, PWDs at the grassroots by developing and Implementing Action Plans for inclusion of disadvantaged interest groups