Mourice Muhoozi

A student explains to the visiting team how mixed cropping in the school agroecological garden, that incorporates vegetables and pumpkins improves nutrition security at the school Uganda's transition towards sustainable food systems is increasingly being shaped not only by what happens on farms, but also by what young people learn in classrooms. While agriculture remains central to livelihoods, employment and national development, understanding of sustainable food production remains limited...

Small-scale farmers, university scientists, and policy advocates convened at Fairway Hotel in Kampala on June 12 to jointly develop a farmer-rooted, evidence-based research framework for measuring the pace and impact of agroecological transition in Uganda. The workshop was organized by the Eastern and Southern Africa Small-Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) Uganda under the ECOTOPIA programme, a community-owned initiative operating in Mayuge and Kumi districts with support from DKA Austria and...

Eastern and Southern Africa Small-Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) Uganda on June 5, 2026, launched the 4th Edition of the National Schools’ Agroecology Poem Writing Competition at Serere Township Secondary School, Serere district. The competition was launched in collaboration with partners such as Humundi, Oxfam in Uganda, Agroecology Fund, Ministry of Education and Sports, and National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) under the theme, “Agroecology in Action: Cultivating Healthy School...