Naume Kalinaki

For years, the members of Yelekeni Farmers’ group in Tee Okuto village, Pabbo Sub-county, Amuru District watched something precious slowly disappear. Erudu White, a local groundnut variety treasured for generations because of its rich taste, strong market demand, and resilience was gradually losing the very qualities that had made it valuable. Harvests became smaller. Plants succumbed more easily to groundnut rosette disease and aphid attacks. Every season, farmers feared they were witnessing...

Every year on 7 June, the global community commemorates World Food Safety Day to raise awareness and inspire action against foodborne risks. In 2026, the campaign adopts the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) theme: “From Burden to Solutions: Safe Food Everywhere.” This theme shifts the conversation from merely highlighting the devastating impacts of unsafe food to implementing practical, evidence-based solutions across the entire food system. Unsafe...

Exploring impacts of participatory plant breeding using the farmer field schools on upholding the farmer-managed seed system in...