Best farmers competition 2024 launched in Uganda

On April 11th, we were very happy to launch the 2024 edition of the Uganda best farmers competition. This will be the ninth edition of the competition, organized by the Embassy of the Netherlands in combination with Vision Group, KLM, DFCU bank and Koudijs Animal Nutrition. This year the launch took place at the dairy farm of Henry Lugolobi, one of the farmers of the 2023 competition.

The joyful launch of the 2024 best farmers competition attracted much interest from different stakeholders, at Henry Lugolobi's (r) dairy farm.

The competition aims to award the best farmers of different districts. Farmers will be scored on different categories, like social impact, income, innovation, financial management and diversification. Incentives to join the competition are a cash prize and a training mission to the Nehterlands for the best farmers. Winning the competition will give the farmers a boost and make an example of them for their fellow farmers.

Johan Verhoek, from Koudijs animal nutrition, one of the sponsors of the competition milking a cow at Lugolobi's farm.

We as the Netherlands Embassy in Uganda are very proud to be part of the best farmer competition and would love to see this happening in other countries. Feel free to contact us through KAM-LNV@minbuza.nl if you are interested in hosting a best farmer competition in your country.