In 2020, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, 36-year old David Ssembjwe boldly decided to leave his regular job to focus on Camelot Agroecology Farm, the business he started in 2016. The farm, located in Wakiso District, Uganda, produces products ranging from poultry to organic manure, vegetable growing and biomass briquettes. 

In 2021, he was selected as a participant in the YALTA Uganda National Youth Caravan, where he learnt about agroecology principles. Embracing them changed the face of his farm. He now envisions turning Camelot  into an agroecology and renewable energy research and training center. 

David Ssembajwe

camelot agroecology farm

Through the Caravan, and his participation in the YALTA mentorship program, he has diversified his farm into producing renewable energy from bio-digesters. After the Caravan, he became part of a renewable energy business incubation program, as well as the Network for Innovation and Sustainability in Agriculture and Tourism (NISAT), programne organised by the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) in partnership with the Embassy of France in Uganda. 

Things are very different from when he started his business. Poultry was always at the centre of the farm, but the poultry waste led his neighbours to complain about the smell. Being part of YALTA, he found a solution that was also a viable business proposition: He started to produce organic manure, biogas briquettes and firelighters in his own biodigester. Now, he is able to offer a range of products from his small plot of land, and buys chicken droppings from the neighbours to turn them into biogas products. 

As he says, YALTA has taught him that, “A farm is not sustained by money, but knowledge and networks are the most important asset’’. Find more information about David in the video above.

David Ssembajwe

camelot agroecology farm

David Ssembajwe

camelot agroecology farm

In 2020, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, 36-year old David Ssembjwe boldly decided to leave his regular job to focus on Camelot Agroecology Farm, the business he started in 2016. The farm, located in Wakiso District, Uganda, produces products ranging from poultry to organic manure, vegetable growing and biomass briquettes. 

In 2021, he was selected as a participant in the YALTA Uganda National Youth Caravan, where he learnt about agroecology principles. Embracing them changed the face of his farm. He now envisions turning Camelot  into an agroecology and renewable energy research and training center. 

Through the Caravan, and his participation in the YALTA mentorship program, he has diversified his farm into producing renewable energy from bio-digesters. After the Caravan, he became part of a renewable energy business incubation program, as well as the Network for Innovation and Sustainability in Agriculture and Tourism (NISAT), programne organised by the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) in partnership with the Embassy of France in Uganda. 

Things are very different from when he started his business. Poultry was always at the centre of the farm, but the poultry waste led his neighbours to complain about the smell. Being part of YALTA, he found a solution that was also a viable business proposition: He started to produce organic manure, biogas briquettes and firelighters in his own biodigester. Now, he is able to offer a range of products from his small plot of land, and buys chicken droppings from the neighbours to turn them into biogas products. 

As he says, YALTA has taught him that, “A farm is not sustained by money, but knowledge and networks are the most important asset’’. Find more information about David in the video above.

In 2020, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, 36-year old David Ssembjwe boldly decided to leave his regular job to focus on Camelot Agroecology Farm, the business he started in 2016. The farm, located in Wakiso District, Uganda, produces products ranging from poultry to organic manure, vegetable growing and biomass briquettes. 

In 2021, he was selected as a participant in the YALTA Uganda National Youth Caravan, where he learnt about agroecology principles. Embracing them changed the face of his farm. He now envisions turning Camelot  into an agroecology and renewable energy research and training center. 

Through the Caravan, and his participation in the YALTA mentorship program, he has diversified his farm into producing renewable energy from bio-digesters. After the Caravan, he became part of a renewable energy business incubation program, as well as the Network for Innovation and Sustainability in Agriculture and Tourism (NISAT), programne organised by the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) in partnership with the Embassy of France in Uganda. 

Things are very different from when he started his business. Poultry was always at the centre of the farm, but the poultry waste led his neighbours to complain about the smell. Being part of YALTA, he found a solution that was also a viable business proposition: He started to produce organic manure, biogas briquettes and firelighters in his own biodigester. Now, he is able to offer a range of products from his small plot of land, and buys chicken droppings from the neighbours to turn them into biogas products. 

As he says, YALTA has taught him that, “A farm is not sustained by money, but knowledge and networks are the most important asset’’. Find more information about David in the video above.