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Cultivating Knowledge on Organic Farming: ESAFF Uganda and Lira University sign MoU.
There will be 330 million young Africans who can't find work by 2025. Accordingly, more food must be produced sustainably to meet the...
Rashida Kabanda
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Call for recognizing farmer seed varieties for resilient food systems & economic empowerment
Uganda's development depends heavily on agriculture. Seeds are genetic resources that contain plant genetic variation, and they are the...
Naume Kalinaki
Nov 6, 20235 min read
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Agroecology School Spearheading the Transition of Chemically Ravaged Mubuku Irrigation Scheme
The topography of Kasese district is varied, with plains, valleys, and mountains among its features. The district is dominated by the...
Hilda Josephine Nansubuga
Nov 3, 20235 min read
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Women small-scale farmers demand equitable access to and control over agricultural resources
Women are committed to ensuring their contributions are valued and recognised as primary producers and custodians of our food systems....
Laurine Musoki
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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The Farmer Managed Seed Systems Caravan and Policy Discourse
The SD=HS Program has registered great success in Uganda over the past few years, however, little has been made known to the different...
Julius Engwedu
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS)are a great contributor to food and nutrition security
More than 85% of Uganda's population works in the agriculture sector, which also contributes more than 24% of the country's GDP. As the...
Naume Kalinaki
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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“Protection of land rights leads to sustainable development," locals emphasize during LAW 2023
ESAFF Uganda believes that land is a critical resource that plays a pivotal role in the country's socio-economic development. In the...
Ronald Bagaga
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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Strengthening Capacities of Women led Small-scale Farmer Enterprises Through Enterprise Development
In Uganda, an estimated 70% of female labor in agriculture, yet their contribution is frequently underestimated and underappreciated....
Naume Kalinaki & Josephine Hilda Nansubuga
Aug 26, 20235 min read
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Youth Can Transform Uganda’s Food Systems through Agroecology
Over 78% of Uganda’s population is below the age of 30 and the country has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan...
David Oming
Aug 17, 20233 min read
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World Desertification and Drought Day 2023: Preserving Her Land, Securing Our Future.
Globally, there is increasing worry over desertification, the process through which productive land eventually changes into a desert as a...
Rashida Kabanda, Naume Kalinaki & Andrew Adem
Jun 17, 20236 min read
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Agroecological farming techniques are essential to restoring the ecosystem and reducing plastics.
Every year on June 5, the globe celebrates globe Environment Day as a potent forum for accelerating, amplifying, and mobilising...
Ronald Bagaga & Rashida Kabanda.
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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Small-scale Farmers Support the Development of the Bill Prohibiting GMOs in Uganda.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic...
Ronald Bagaga
Mar 30, 20236 min read
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Farmer Field Schools Begin a New Season of Participatory Plant Breeding
Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory learning approach that brings together small-scale farmers to overcome bottlenecks through...
Naume Kalinaki & Julius Engwedu
Mar 29, 20233 min read
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Supporting women Farmer groups on viable businesses and enterprises through the Agroecology Business
Women provide about 60% of labour in the agriculture sector yet they are still constrained in accessing markets, production resources,...
Naume Kalinaki
Mar 29, 20233 min read
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Investment Tracking Grassroots Structures Established in West Nile to Promote Responsible Investment
Since 2017, ESAFF Uganda working closely with Oxfam, GIZ and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) and district...
Ronald Bagaga
Mar 29, 20235 min read
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Agroecology Schools Strengthened to Promote Agroecological Practices in Communities.
Agroecology is necessary for farming communities in Uganda as it offers a sustainable method of farming that can provide food security...
David Oming
Mar 28, 20233 min read
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The 2nd Cohort of the Agroecology School for Journalists and Communicators Commences
Agroecology has the explicit goal of strengthening the sustainability of all parts of the food system, from the seed and the soil to the...
Rashida Kabanda
Mar 28, 20233 min read
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ESAFF Uganda Exhibits at the 1st Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference in Nairobi
To accomplish global food and nutrition security in the face of climate change, a massive restructuring of food systems is required. It...
Rashida Kabanda
Mar 28, 20233 min read
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Breaking Gender Barriers in Farmer Field Schools to Ensure Sustainable Farming
Gender inequality does not only affect progress in leadership but also undermines the progress towards sustainable agriculture. The...
Naume Kalinaki
Mar 6, 20233 min read
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Respecting Free, Prior, And Informed Consent (FPIC) in Acquisition of Land for Investments
Land acquisitions in Uganda have increased substantially over the years largely driven by government and private investments in...
Ronald Bagaga
Mar 6, 20234 min read
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