The report was about SELPs II on sack gardening in Kyetume village as a farming strategy/innovation for adapting to the limited arable land resulting from land fragmentation,It was done basing on three objective namely; to establish the causes of food insecurity in relation to Kyetume village, to establish the impact of highly fragmented land on the productivity and profitability of the farming households and to establish possible solutions to food insecurity in relation to Kyetume village. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research designs with observation, focused group discussions and interviews being used as the main tools of data collection. The intern used a population of 10 farming households which comprised of 40 participants using the random sampling technique. It was established that majority of the farmers carried out subsistence farming, growing crops and rearing animals on a small scale using rudimentary tools. Farmers were faced with challenges such as; limited land, declining soil fertility, unpredictable weather changes, pests and diseases, among others. The intern learnt the dynamics of project implementation, nursery bed management,sack gardening, making compost manure and various agronomic practices. The intern also acquired a skill of operating a sprinkling machine to irrigate other than rain fed agriculture, planning and evaluating for exhibitions.

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