When rains no longer come as expected, farmers pay the price
For farmers in Kamengo, Mpigi district, the question is no longer simply whether the rains will come.
Category: Food loss & Climate Change
How Lango districts will share relief seeds
The Lango sub-region is allocated 487,700 kilograms of relief seeds, with maize and rice topping in terms of kilograms.
Drought leaves nearly 35,000 households facing food insecurity in Lamwo
Local report identifies every sub-county and town council in Lamwo as having been affected, highlighting the widespread nature of the crisis.
Kitgum farmers fear loan defaults as drought affects maize fields
Lakica Janet, a resident of Mucwini sub-county, said her household is facing uncertainty after her husband borrowed money from a SACCO to finance maize production.
“When the rain forgets”: Climate change, dying crops and the growing hunger in northern Uganda
Today, across Acholi and Lango sub-regions, many of the gardens are yellowing with farmers turning to God for the rain to fall.