The Consortium for Enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development (CURAD) is Uganda’s leading agribusiness incubator. Established in 2012, CURAD transforms ideas into competitive enterprises, builds young agripreneurs, and drives productivity, profitability, and job creation in agriculture.
As a public–private partnership initiative, CURAD supports farmers, farmer organizations, agro-entrepreneurs, students, graduates, start-ups, and SMEs to transform ideas into competitive agribusiness enterprises.
CURAD has supported over 10,000 agribusiness MSMEs, reaching more than 30,000 youth (61% young women) through incubation, training, and market linkages.