Shika Jembe farmers group is one of the farming groups being incubated at Gwayaka Incubation Centre. The group is made up of 27 young people and women all refugees based at Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement. The Group came together to study agriculture with the aim of addressing food needs as well as income for its members.

Following the reduction of benefits for refugees, mainly food and income, the group sought land where to farm and how to use the available land at Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement. With support from AgriFarm Uganda, the group was trained in mindset change, group formation, and basic agronomy.

The first crop of choice for the group was maize. They were supported to grow maize and given seeds, fertilizers, and other inputs. This was under the production sharing agreement pioneered by Gwayaka Incubation Centre and AgriFarm Uganda. The production-sharing model looks at providing land to young people who ordinarily cannot access land for production. Young people and women are required to use their labor and skill to produce a crop of their choice. They are trained in basic agronomy and given on credit seed and other inputs such as farm implements (hoes, pangas, fertilizers, pumps, etc.

After production, the landowner takes 30% of the produce, and the group takes the balance. This is after paying for the loaned input, such as seed and fertilizer, that are loaned to the group.

The first crop of choice for the group was maize. They were supported to grow maize and given seeds, fertilizers, and other inputs. This was under the production sharing agreement pioneered by Gwayaka Incubation Centre and AgriFarm Uganda. The production-sharing model looks at providing land to young people who ordinarily cannot access land for production. Young people and women are required to use their labor and skill to produce a crop of their choice. They are trained in basic agronomy and given on credit seed and other inputs such as farm implements (hoes, pangas, fertilizers, pumps, etc.

After production, the landowner takes 30% of the produce, and the group takes the balance. This is after paying for the loaned input, such as seed and fertilizer, that are loaned to the group.

At present the major challenge faced by the group is low incomes from maize production and the centre is looking into value addition and better storage as means to better the incomes. In the last season each member of the group was able to earn about UGX 400,000 (about US$ 120) per season, on top of having about 150KGs of maize for home consumption and about 10KGs of vegetables per member per week (for home consumption).