The production sector is comprised of five sectors namely: Agriculture, Veterinary services, Fisheries, Entomology and Micro scale Irrigation. The department also ensures that appropriate institutional linkage is maintained with all relevant sector agencies compromising mostly crops, livestock, Fisheries, Forestry and Industrial research, marketing organization, NGOs and CBOs engaged in Agricultural sector.
Agriculture
The term Agriculture is used in a very broad sense to cover all the agricultural activities namely Crop, Livestock, Poultry and Fish Farming.
Agriculture is the most common economic activities in the district. The majority of farmers are small holders who grow annual crops. The annual crops include: Maize, Rice, Sweet Potatoes, Beans, Cassava and Groundnuts. The district has also commercial farmers growing various crops in large scale mainly owned by foreign investors.
Crop production
Both perennial and annual crops are grown in the districts. The annual crops are mostly grown for home consumption, however there are large commercial farmers engaged in growing food crops and fruits large scale for sale.
Livestock Veterinary Services
Major livestock
Fisheries
Fish farming is an activity in which farmers construct fishponds usually on their holdings and introduce fish fries (young fish). Fish fries are commonly obtained from fish breeders like the Fisheries research Institute of the National Research Organization.
Micro Irrigation

UGANDA NATIONAL CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT

The Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project is a six-year project (now in third year-2025) being implemented by MAAIF through National Agriculture Research Organization, National Animal Genetics Resource Centre and Data Bank and Uganda National Meteorological Authority. The objective of the project is to increase production and productivity, market access and resilient of the 7 selected value chains to enhance response to an eligible crisis or emergencies. The project supports the identification, development, incentivize adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies and management practices that contribute to climate adaptation of agricultural value chains to sustainably increase productivity of household incomes while enhancing resilience to climate shocks. Its targeting 173 farmers along the 7 selected value chains in all the 11 LLGs. Its being implemented in all the LLGs through the Sub County Extension Officers. You visit the office of the Sub County extension officer for more information

Opportunities are in growing the following selected value chains/ number of targeted farmers:
• Maize (65 Farmers)
• Soybean (60 Farmers)
• Beef/ Livestock (9 Farmers)
• Black Soldier Flies (9 Farmers)
• Dairy (3 Farmers)
• Apiculture (21 Farmers)
• Aquaculture (6 Farmers)