PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
Background objective
The overall objective of the LEAD activity is to expand economic opportunities in the Ugandan agricultural
sector by increasing the productivity and marketing of key food and cash crops. To achieve this objective,
LEAD addresses the underlying causes of low agricultural productivity, by identifying and providing support
to selected value chains, where productivity gains will cause significant impacts on the economy and affect
a significant segment of the rural population. Specifically LEAD's aim is to catalyze the commercialization of
targeted commodity systems through increasing on-farm productivity and improving enterprise efficiencies
along the entire value chain. Therefore, LEAD focuses on activities that contribute towards achieving these
results, which include strengthening of corporate linkages with smallholders, developing and strengthening
of producer organizations (PO), and increasing adoption of productivity enhancing technologies. Emphasis
is also put on leveraging USAID resources with other public and private sector partners, through a Strategic
Activities Fund, to improve outreach and ensure sustainability of the program results and impact. The
Underlying theory is that, with improved access to agricultural inputs, services, and output markets,
technology demonstration coupled with farmer organization and training will lead to increased adoption of
improved technology, which will in turn lead to increased productivity, production, and output marketing
ultimately resulting in increased incomes to farmers. Specifically, 60% of LEAD resources are devoted to
Northern Uganda.
Food production and Nutrition support for OVC households
Given the technical competencies, household farming and production mobilization and organizational niche
LEAD has at village level, USAID strongly feels that this is a great opportunity to wrap around the HIVAIDS
care support for OVC activity with the aim of reducing vulnerabilities of OVC household to sustain food
security but also enhance their skills to produce enough food for household consumption. Many of the rural
are facing food insecurity due to large household size coupled with poor infrastructure, uneven food
distribution, poor food storage, inadequate nutritional knowledge, socio-cultural barriers, civil strife, disease
especially HIVAIDS, and poverty. Consequently, there is high prevalence of malnutrition especially among
children under five years of age and lactating mothers.
Therefore, this activity will focus on ensuring that OVC households produce adequate nutritious food and
sustain food security working through and with support of farmer groups, improving productivity and storage
of food in households caring for orphans and other vulnerable children, strengthening nutrition education
targeting such households and lastly, establishing community-based early warning food security systems
and mechanisms.
Specifically, this activity will ensure that the following activities are conducted:
• Identify and Register OVC households who need support for adequate amounts of properly prepared,
wholesome and nutritious food in accordance with local dietary habits
• Train farmers and community volunteers to provide information and advice on recommended nutritious
foods, nutrition practices, and nutrition-related diseases.
• Provision of basic assistance (food and agricultural support) such as agricultural household tools and
seedlings
• Training of farmers in counseling for caregivers of chronically ill household members about alternative food
security practices
• Support OVC households construct granaries and store food and seed after harvesting.
• Training of caregivers in appropriate nutrition and backyard gardening for OVC households
• Training of caregivers about food storage and access to food markets
• Training caregivers about the prevention care and impact of HIV/AIDS for agricultural and veterinary
extension staff
• Conducting community-based awareness campaigns regarding food and water needs for OVC households
and general community
• Income support through income generating activities that factor in entrepreneurial skills building programs
to benefit OVC and their caregivers
• It is further expected that caregivers with participating in the program will be able to link OVC to access
other critical services such as education, health and child protection. At minimum, OVC will be receiving
fairly comprehensive services and that caregivers will be equipped with skills to sustain support to OVC
receiving critical services for their growth and development.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 15818
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
15818 15818.08 U.S. Agency for Associates for 12203 12203.08 Food Security $300,000
International Rural and Nutrition
Development Development Support for OVC
Households
(APEP Follow
on)
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* Child Survival Activities
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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