Uganda made impressive economic development in the last three decades. Poverty headcount declined from 56% in 1992 to 27% in 2018 and 33% of the total population belongs to the middle class. However, the rosy economic growth is marred by inequalities and social exclusion. Youth; majority of the total population have largely not benefited from the jobless economic growth. There are few employment opportunities for young people, who enter in thousands into the labour market every year. While in the last decades the labour force grew annually with 390,000 new job seekers, only 8,120 jobs were created each year. Two-thirds of all jobs created in 2001 - 2011 were confined to only six out of the 112 districts and mainly in central Uganda. Rural areas contribute 96% to national poverty. This has resulted into a steady increase in unemployment rates from 1.9% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2016. The majority (64%) of unemployed people is the youth and especially female youth. It is worrying, that at the current population growth rate and public-private sector absorption capacity, it will likely take one generation before the majority of the labour force has a non-farm salary job. This situation is due to: Lack of relevant and marketable skills and limited access to business finance. To address, AFARD secured a 3-year funding from Medicor Foundation and Dka Austria through HORIZONT3000 to implement Youth Agri-skilling for Decent Employment (YADE). YADE seeks to improve youth employment through “a holistic and bundled-package approach that improves youth employability with agri-skilling, business start-up kits, and business development services” so that the youth (15-30 years) can join the world of work in sustainable and viable agribusinesses (targeting the ready local markets) that can lift them out of poverty. Below is a summary of the project.