JOB DETAILS:
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation that makes a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them improve their livelihood, increase incomes and access essential services. SNV focuses on only three sectors and has a long-term, local presence in over 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our team of more than 1,300 staff is the backbone of SNV. SNV implements development approaches tailored to local needs as we believe that countries and communities themselves should be the owners of change. With appropriate knowledge and resources, they can implement and maintain sustainable solutions to restore and or improve livelihoods. SNV operates worldwide as one legal entity and is registered as a corporate organisation (the 16th of July 1965 - The Hague). In Uganda, SNV has been implementing development programs since 1989, and its portfolio continues to grow with an expanded mandate from vast development clients. It, directly and indirectly, operates in over 100 districts of Uganda. To know more about SNV work in Uganda visit our website: https://www.snv.org/country/uganda .

The Inclusive Livestock Development for Smallholder Farmers (INCLUDE)

INCLUDE project is a five-year project (April 2024-March 2029) born out of the learnings generated from “The Integrated Smallholder Dairy Programme (ISDAP)”. Therefore, INCLUDE is a follow-on from ISDAP that was implemented by SNV in Southwestern Uganda between December 2021 and April 2024. However, there is a major change from ISDAP (From project formulated and led intervention), which had external motivation based on assessments made, to INCLUDE project that will be implemented through Participatory Integrated Planning (PIP) approach, i.e. interventions solely based on household-formulated development vision where farmers and communities are empowered to be their own change agents to have sustainable development to improve livelihood (Intrinsic motivation). There is a major shift from Integrated dairy cow development approach under ISDAP to Farming systems approach, under INCLUDE, which is a mixture of farm enterprises such as crops, livestock, apiculture, agro-forestry and fruit crops. In this system, family allocates its own resources and efficiently manages them in the existing environment for the attainment of the family/household goal.

INCLUDE project is a €16.9 million implemented by SNV and funded by The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN). The project shall be implemented in the following districts listed below:
Project geographical areas
The project covers four districts in Greater Ankole, six in Kigezi, 6 in Rwenzori and 5 in Busoga sub regions. The table below shows the geographical coverage of the project.
List of districts per sub-region
1. Greater Ankole - Bushenyi, Mitooma, Rubirizsi, Buhweju
2. Kigezi - Rukungiri, Kisoro, Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu

3. Rwenzori - Fort portal City, Bunyangabu, Kyenjojo, Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kyegegwa

4. Busoga - Jinja Rural, Luuka, Kaliro, Kamuli, Buyende
INCLUDE project vision
INCLUDE project envision equitable, sustainable, and resilient livelihoods for smallholder farmers.
INCLUDE project goal
The goal of INCLUDE project is increased SHF living income & resilient livestock-based livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kigezi, Greater Ankole, Rwenzori, and Busoga sub-regions of Uganda
The following long-term Outcomes will contribute to the overall program goal:

1. Increased SHF  productivity: 90,000 smallholder farmers with increased productivity

2. Improved, more inclusive access for SHF to markets: 90,000 smallholder farmers with improved access to markets
3. Increased SHF sustainable land use: 37,500 acres of agricultural land under improved management

4. Contribution to improved access to nutritious food: 300,000 school-going children consuming milk or milk-based foods

Project design.
INCLUDE project is premised on three pathways i.e. 1. Sustainable production, 2. Inclusive livestock markets and 3. School Milk Programme and Milk Market. These formed the basis of the project theory of change (ToC), the logical framework (LF) and results framework (RF). Detailed ToC, LF and RF are in place subject to improvement based on the findings of the baseline study.
Pathway 1. Sustainable Production: This pathway promotes sustainable production through an integrated crop-livestock farming system. SHF will regularly review their action plans and make adoptions to their innovations. This will also feed back into INCLUDE learnings and interventions. SHF will increase their knowledge and awareness on integrated farming methods and increasingly recognise the livestock sector's benefits and opportunities and use this increased recognition to enhance their participation in policy formulation and review processes of sustainable practices. This will lead to increased SHF adoption of integrated practices, including livestock integration into farming systems and accessing the SMP market. Adopting these practices will lead to improved soil fertility and SHF’s climate sustainable land management, an improved and diversified SHF enterprise mix and improved production and quality of SHF livestock products.

Pathway 2. Inclusive Livestock Markets: INCLUDE will be SHF-led and market-oriented by strengthening linkages between SHF and market actors for input and output markets and (financial) services. It will strengthen the capacity and voice of SHF, farmer groups, cooperatives, and value chain actors, including village-based marketing groups, contributing to the demand side. Supply-side interventions to develop products and services that will serve SHF's interests and needs will increase interest from input suppliers, buyers and support service providers to do business with SHF. INCLUDE will work with financial service providers such as SACCOs and VSLA to improve their services to SHF. These outputs will lead to improved confidence and skills of SHF, and market linkages between SHF, input suppliers, buyers and service providers, and SHF increased access to finance through tailored products developed by Service Providers (SPs). This growth in business will also provide (off-farm) employment opportunities, which will lead to more inclusive and accessible markets for SHFs and SPs.

Pathway 3. School Milk Programme and Milk Market: INCLUDE will increase awareness and participation of the local community (parents, teachers, leaders) in the school milk programme. This will increase SHF and SHF group milk sales to schools, rural milk off-takers, and collection centres. Through the school milk programme, SHF will be able to sell more milk to schools and have a more secure income from milk. The SMP also contributes to increasing the consumption of milk and milk-based food by school-going children, improving access to nutritious food.
As presented in the Theory of Change, the intermediary outcomes of these three pathways will lead to long-term outcomes of improved SHF sustainable land use, increased SHF  productivity and profitability, improved and more inclusive access for smallholder farmers and service providers to markets and contribute to improved access to nutritious food. These long-term outcomes will increase living income and resilient and inclusive livestock-based livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kigezi, Greater Ankole, Rwenzori and Busoga.

Key Project Performance Indicators (DRAFT UNDER REVISION/VALIDATION)
Vision: Equitable, sustainable, and resilient livelihoods for smallholder farmers.
Impact: Increased inclusive, resilient livestock-based livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kigezi, Greater Ankole, Rwenzori, and Busonga (ABCD)
IM.1: Number of SHF households with increasingly resilient livelihoods (agency, buffer, connectivity, diversity) - 75,000
IM.2: Number of SHF who report attaining a living income (B&D- 75,000
IM.3: Number of SHF household that have climate mitigation & adaptability measures in place - 60,000