The Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) program in Uganda is a presidential initiative aimed at boosting national socio-economic transformation, particularly by increasing household incomes and creating wealth. It focuses on empowering smallholder farmers, turning them into commercial farmers, and promoting sustainable economic growth.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:

Objectives:
1. Mobilizing the masses: Encouraging broader participation in commercial agricultural activities.
2. Equitable resource distribution: Ensuring timely and fair access to inputs like seeds, fertilizers, and other resources.
3. Technological upgrading: Facilitating the adoption of new technologies and best practices in rural areas.
4. Community enterprise development: Stimulating the growth of local businesses and enterprises.
5. Poverty reduction: Directly addressing household poverty through income generation.

Implementation:
The OWC program is implemented by the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAAIF).
The program operates in all regions of Uganda, targeting both rural and urban areas.

Key Activities:
1. Training and technical support:
Providing farmers with the skills and knowledge needed for commercial agriculture.
2. Access to credit:
Facilitating access to financial resources for farmers to invest in their businesses.
3. Modernization of agriculture:
Promoting the adoption of new technologies and best practices to improve productivity.
4. Entrepreneurship development:
Encouraging the creation and growth of small businesses and enterprises.

Impact:
The OWC program has registered significant progress in increasing agricultural production, creating jobs, and reducing poverty.
It aims to empower the 68% of the population that is outside the money economy.

In Nwoya district, many farmers have benefited from this initiative which included but not limited to:

1. Seeds distribution to farmers
2. Training Support
3. Monitoring of these farmers to see how they are progressing. This has really been of great help to farmers in the district.

OWC/ WALK INITIATIVES/ HAPPY FACE HOLDINGS

Operation Wealth creation is an initiative of Government of Uganda to fight poverty and create wealth for all Ugandans. The Chief Coordinator of Operations wealth Creation is Gen Salim Saleh who is also the Senior Presidential Adviser on Defense and Security. Col Olak Alfred is the District Coordinator for OWC for Nwoya District -0772 319862. You can access as a farmers group or individually and should have access to land for farming.

Opportunities under OWC
• Agro inputs like seeds and seedlings for coffee, bananas, maize etc
• Agro machinery such as tractors, value addition machines etc
• Contract farming
• Linkages to finance from financial institutions like UDB, MSC and Commercial banks
• Market linkages through the WALK initiatives especially targeting South Sudan with a market potential of @ billion USD annually
• The food to target are mostly fresh foods; Vegetables, Okra, cassava, watermelons, tomatoes, cabbages, onions etc