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Pratiques
Groundnuts varieties, management and post-harvest
The following information from The Serere Agricultural and Animal Research Institute (SAARI), provides information on different groundnuts varieties, management and post harvest in Uganda.
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Ecological Organic Agriculture - Mulching the garden
A small scale farmer illustrates how to do mulching in the garden. Mulching using grass helps him retain enough water for his crops and prevents fast growth of weeds.
To learn more about our work on promoting organic agriculture, please visit: https://organic.esaffuganda.org/
Uganda
2020 - ESAFF Uganda
Pratiques
Tsetse control: how to deploy a target
Tsetse flies (Glossina species) infest over 11 million square km of Africa and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both humans and domestic livestock. It is estimated that tsetse occurs in over seven percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of United Republic of Tanzania territories. Hence Trypanosomosis has an important negative...
Uganda - Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
The control of common predators of pond fish
The Cajuns Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (KARDC) is the government research centre that is carrying out research on solving problems associated with fish growing in ponds. The KARDC has prepared this technology to address the concerns of four common predators of fish growing on ponds. The production of this...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Ecological Organic Agriculture - Integration of animals on the farm
In this video, a small scale farmer shows us how we can integrate animals in the farming system. It also illustrates the relationship between the animals and the crops and the benefits a small scale farmer can get through animal integration on the farm.
To learn more about our work...
Uganda
2020 - ESAFF Uganda
Pratiques
Egg marketing: a guide for the production and sales of eggs
This technology provides information and advice on egg production and sale in developing countries with an emphasis on marketing, i.e. producing in order to meet market demands. Market-led egg production enables long-term business survival, higher profits and improves the egg producers’ living standards. Improvement measures discussed in this publication have...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Producing solar dried fruit and vegetables for micro-and small-scale rural enterprise development: assessing opportunities for a fruit drying business
The preservation of fruit and vegetables by simply sun drying is practised widely throughout arid and semi-arid regions, for example in Uganda. The use of low cost, solar drying technologies, can significantly improve product quality. This provides practical opportunities for developing small-scale enterprises, particularly in rural areas, and to create...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Post-harvest handling and processing of fish
Fish is the cheapest source of protein and provides between 50 to 100 percent of animal protein in developing countries and 12 percent worldwide. Fish is the second highest source of income in Uganda and main revenue to the country’s fisherfolk. However, it is a perishable commodity. Its quality deteriorates...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
How to produce mirror carp fry (Cyprinus carpio)
The commonly farmed fish in Uganda, the Nile tilapia, grows very slowly in the cooler regions like Kabale, Kapchorwa and parts of Mbale and Kabarole. In 1957, the mirror carp (simply called Carp), was introduced into Uganda from Asia. Carp, unlike tilapia, takes eight months to attain an average weight...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Management of cotton bollworns using predators ants
Insect pests are the most important production constraints in Uganda. American bollworms, spiny boll worms and pink boll worms are among the ten insect pests, which are feeding and damaging flower buds, flowers, and young and maturating bolls. This is causing plant abortions, amounting to up to 87 percent resulting...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Grow epuripur sorghum
Sorghum is the third most important staple cereal food crop in Uganda after maize and millet occupying 285 000 ha of arable land. It is mainly used for food and brewing. In an attempt to improve food security and incomes among the rural poor households, The Serere Agricultural and Animal...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Pastoral women video on COVID 19 in Karamoja
Early this year ALIN Africa received small funding support from AfriFoods and Euro Afri Link to reach out to pastoralists in manyattas and kraals. It was such a great experience meeting pastoralists able to respond quickly to the sensitization message. Despite limited access to water, detergents like soap, sanitizers, untranslated pandemic information pastoralist are...
Uganda
2020 - Arid Landscape Initiative (ALIN Africa)
Vidéos
Ecological Organic Agriculture - Kitchen Gardening
This video shows how small scale farmers can grow organic vegetables and other crops for both domestic use and market in small gardens around their homes.
To learn more about our work on promoting organic agriculture, please visit: https://organic.esaffuganda.org/
Uganda
2020 - ESAFF Uganda
Pratiques
Improved cattle breeds zero grazing with drought tolerant fodder
This technology describes the introduction of improved cattle breeds in Uganda. The improved breeds are more productive and resistant to diseases and are managed by applying the zero grazing production system. This is a type of production system where the animals are kept in an enclosure to control input use...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Ouvrage
Resilience analysis of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
“Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in South Sudan’s Cross-border Areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” is a three-year project funded by European Union that aims to improve governance and conflict prevention to reduce forced displacement and irregular migration in the cross-border areas of South Sudan....
Ethiopia - Kenya - Sudan - Uganda
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Note/document d'orientation
Becoming an agroecologist – fostering social learning and responsible action for sustainable food systems
This brief is based on experience gained from the Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in particular, and on contributions from our partner programmes at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and Martyrs University in Uganda (UMU). The brief provides an overview of agroecology,...
Ethiopia - Uganda
2019 - Stockholm Environment Institute, Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
Étude de cas
Sustainable land management: Restoring community farmland in Uganda
KAFSCUL (Karamoja Agro-Farm Systems Consults), a private organization in Uganda, has been working with small-scale farmers in Jie County to improve soil fertility and make farmland more resilient to adverse weather conditions.
Uganda
2019 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Rapport
Seed fairs in post-conflict situations
As part of its food security and livelihood programs, Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) has organized seed fairs in rural areas of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide farmers with seeds. The fairs have been widely spread and had a great number of direct beneficiaries and vendors, successfully...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Uganda
2019 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
Article de blog
Mobile Pastoralists: The Challenge of Livestock Markets in Karamoja Uganda
This article explores livestock markets and the use of pastoralist mobility to gradually enhance the growing cattle economy in Karamoja, Uganda; cases are provided in this article of the best practices in the livestock trade and communities, involved both inside and outside of Karamoja. The challenges and recommendations that can lead to the...
Uganda
2019 - The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation GFAR
Directives
Field guide to improve water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda
Enhancing water use efficiency requires actions at all levels, from agricultural practitioners to scheme managers, and up to the policy-makers. The objective of this Guide Book is to show practical measures to improve water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture based on case studies from Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda. The...
Burkina Faso - Morocco - Uganda
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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