Kagiira Skills Development Centre to boost Modernisation of Agriculture 

Kagiira Skills Development Centre (KSDC), a fully registered institution that provides practical training in modern agricultural skills has opened its doors to the general public.

The centre of excellence is located in Ibanda district along Mbarara-Kamwenge Road at 95 kilometres from Mbarara.

It started as a training wing for Kagiira farm in 2015 and trained Over 250 students and over 500 farmers.

How it started 

The center was established as a demonstration site for Kagiira Farm as a result of the several farmers’ requests to visit, learn and scale up the different agricultural practices that were being practiced at the farm.

KSDC Focus

The focus of KSDC is to offer training of farmers’ groups, students on internship, extension workers and other individual farmers on
modern and high yielding sustainable agricultural practices in Commercial Diary farming, Poultry farming, Piggery, Goat and sheep rearing, tree planting and agronomy, Horticulture and Poultry farming.

It also acts as an incubation hub for agribusiness and also acts as agro-tourism center for Agri tourists and also promote culture
through the agricultural museum.

Kagiira wants to be the leading Skills Centre of excellence in transforming Agriculture in Uganda.

The institution’s mission is to provide practical agricultural skills to modernize agriculture and to improve on production and productivity.

To achieve its intended goals, KSDC has Partnered with the already established Agriculture institutions in the country and the Centre is an accredited site for the training of interns from Bishop Stuart University (BSU),  Kitagata Farm Institute, Rwentanga Farm Institute,  Kyera Farm Institute,  Ibanda Farm Institute among others.

Apart from institutions, KSDC has other partners such as Kiryabishoro Aquapack, Water Governance Institute, Mariane Foundation.

KSDC is currently employing 20 staff with diverse qualifications in agriculture, ICT, financial and administrative management.

This is demonstrated by the existing human resource, financial and records management systems at the Centre.

With the government’s efforts centered at Mechanisation and modernization of Agriculture, this is the right time to join Kagiira Skills Development Centre in Ibanda.