ESAFF calls for efforts to promote food safety to avert food-borne infections
ESAFF works by nurturing the participation of small scale farmers in sustainable development processes, capacity building and institutional development
Category: Agriculture
Small-scale farmers call for the use of less harmful inputs to restore ecosystem functionality
Small-scale farmers still struggle to access proper roads for product transportation and storage facilities that guarantee food safety, ranging from roads to storage and electricity supply.
EFOTI launches tea farming in Lyantonde
Lyantonde district is known for growing matooke, potatoes, millet and beans in addition to cattle keeping. Today, it has one acre of tea plantation for training and demonstration purposes.
Sericulture: Parliamentary Committee on STI says appropriated fund has to be released to TRIDI
The line Ministry under the leadership of Dr Monica Musenero has since refused to release over shs41b approved by Parliament for 2021/2022 financial year for Sericulture projects across the country currently implemented by TRIDI.
Dr Micheal Ambaku: From medical superintendent of the hospital to practising Agroecology
Ambaku said the land in which he is practicing agriculture is still virgin and thinks using chemical and synthetic fertilizer will destroy the soil fertility.
In Karamoja’s dry plains, Obin’s crops are thriving on one secret: ‘managing water’
With such practices, Obin says, locals will be able to increase soil fertility unlike monoculture, a common practice in Karamoja, where farmers mainly grow sorghum, which drains the soil.
Karamoja: Amb. Julius Moto on botched valley dams, cattle and incompetent OPM
“Karamoja sub-region had 2.3 million (19.8%) cattle and the rest of Northern Uganda had 1.6 million (14.4 %) just about the exact numbers of cattle in Botswana,” Ambassador Moto said, quoting animal census of 2008 by UBOS.
Global tasks: Who are the Ugandan activists appointed board members of ProVeg?
ProVeg says the youth board members are truly global, hailing from North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia.
20 young activists join ProVeg International to push for food system change
Getting young people involved in lobbying for food system change is vital to keep the momentum going towards progress in tackling climate change, says Juliette Tronchon, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Specialist at ProVeg.
Agriculture: 2023 is the International “Year of Millets”
In Uganda, millets are grown in the east, north and south western regions. In the east and north, districts of Apac, Kitgum, Lira, Kamuli, Iganga, Soroti and Tororo use more than 60 percent of the countries acreage to grow millet.
Key calls at agroecology conference 2023 as AU set to invest in ecological organic agriculture initiative
Each country is asked to facilitate the implementation of adoption of standards for agroecology products and by extension facilitate trade in agroecological products.
CABI steps up fight against pests and diseases of papaya in Uganda
CABI has already been working on natural enemies to try and fight papaya mealy bug in Kenya under the Darwin Initiative project.