Teso citrus farmers want Soroti flying school upgraded to an international airport
There are an estimated 8.2 million productive citrus plants in Teso producing over 1.2 million tonnes of oranges.
Category: Agriculture
World Bank urges farmers to adopt eco-farming practices to fight the climate crisis
As climate change wreaks havoc globally, farmers are increasingly finding it tough to grow crops with expectations for reliable harvests.
tndQuestions I The big story of The Avocado Company of Uganda
The Avocado Company of Uganda is an agricultural company that was established in 2019 in Western Uganda, with the aim of developing an avocado value chain for the hass avocado.
In Buliisa, keyhole gardens are powering EACOP-displaced women to rise above hunger
For Bero-Irwoth, she has since trained more than 300 women in the Albertine region under environmental rights group ‘Tufanye pamoja’ (meaning “let’s work together) in Swahili language.
Adjumani: refugees to fight food insecurity, malnutrition
Mr Titus Jogo, the refugee desk officer of Adjumani commended the nationals for accepting to share land with the refugees.
Interview: ASARECA ED Dr. Enock Warinda on working with the National Agricultural Research Institutes
We will still persuade the governments to work together with us, the IUCN and so forth to make our farmers better, we don’t need to leave them worse than we found them, says ASARECA ED.
High-level sustainable agriculture dialogue in Kampala addresses urgent need for change
By prioritizing land health through sustainable agriculture, organisers and participants believe the Kampala dialogue will improve crop production, biodiversity conservation, human well-being, and overall climate change resilience.
Besides contaminated foods, hazardous waste disposal poses a threat to water sources in Gulu
According to a research done by ESAFF Uganda in 2022-2023, about 600 million various food types consumed globally are unsafe.
How refugees in Adjumani are fighting malnutrition
James Vuciri Logwenya, the agriculture officer for Dzaipi sub-county lauded the project, saying that since the project started, it has helped to improve on the stunting and malnutrition cases in the region.
Wetland farming poses a threat to food safety in Gulu City
Aggrey Atuhaire, a crops specialist says food crops in the wetlands are easily contaminated through the release of the agrochemicals which end up in plants or crops.
District leaders commit to lobby for more land for refugees in Adjumani
Richard Wambi, the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of Adjumani, noted that the district is still committed to securing more land for refugees to enhance food production.
Over 1,500 refugees and hosts reap big from irrigation projects in Adjumani
In line with Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) objectives, resilience and self-reliance are therefore promoted.