Gladys Ndagile has been a poultry farmer for many years, but it was only when she connected with a local Ugandan egg processing business that she finally made a profit from her eggs. Connecting small scale farmers and businesses is at the heart of IFAD’s mandate to make food systems work. Uganda’s Yield Investment Fund is an innovative approach to rural development. Supported by IFAD and the EU, and the National Social Security Fund of Uganda, the Yield Fund provides much needed investments in developing Uganda's agricultural small and medium sized enterprises