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Rapport
Building evidence on agricultural value chains interventions in refugee settings
Baseline analysis in Uganda
This baseline report examines the Refugee Agricultural Value Chains for Economic Self-reliance (RAVES) project in Uganda. The programme adopts an innovative approach, with a focus on providing sustainable long-term solutions beyond humanitarian assistance that mitigate the negative effects of displacement, uplift refugees, and support host communities. The approach allows the...
Uganda
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Partie de rapport
Who says my land cannot be productive? A farmer’s journey to a forest full of food security!
We are Magdalene and Gillian, trainers working for Kulika Uganda. We are passionate about seeing that people engaged in agriculture adopt sustainable farming practices which are easy to implement and have benefits for the people and the planet. Kulika is a non-government organization working with rural communities to empower people...
Uganda
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
Action Against Hunger’s Farmer Field School program building self-reliance communities in Uganda
Farmer Field School, a program initiated about four years ago in Uganda by Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization, is now building self-reliance communities in the East African country thanks to its ripple effect among learners.
To achieve this, the organization through the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) Response...
Uganda
2023
Article du bulletin d’information
Africa: The NARO PAH-safe fish smoking kiln
Greater support is needed for the adoption of a safe and effective fish smoking technology, associated with numerous positive socio-economic outcomes
Smoking fish is one of the most common methods of food preservation among fishing communities in Uganda. The most common species that fishing communities smoke include Nile Perch and Tilapia. However, one of the main hazards associated with traditional smoking methods is the risk of cancer due to Polycyclic Aromatic...
Uganda
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
The challenges of being a female farmer in Uganda
Nambiro Fatuma is a single mother of 4 kids that fully depend on her. She, on the other hand, depends on her income that comes from a family farm owned by her father. “I produce bananas, maize, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, mangoes and avocados…” she says. “I once thought about starting a poultry...
Uganda
2023 - Food Security Center
Article du bulletin d’information
Profile: Amplifying women’s voices
Amplifying women’s voices: Margaret Nakato’s important work in organising women in small-scale fisheries in Uganda has received international recognition. Margaret Nakato, Executive Director of the Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT), Uganda, was awarded the prestigious Margarita Lizárraga Medal for the biennium 2020-2021, at the launch event of the International Year of...
Uganda
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Uganda: A well-deserved award
During a virtual ceremony in 2021, the FAO Director-General, presented the Margarita Lizarraga Medal, to Margaret Nakato. During a virtual ceremony on the 19th of November 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu presented the Margarita Lizarraga Medal, to Margaret Nakato of the Katosi Women Development Trust in Uganda, whom he praised...
Uganda
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
''Who says my land cannot be productive? A farmer’s journey to a forest full of food security!''
We are Magdalene and Gillian, trainers working for Kulika Uganda. We are passionate about seeing that people engaged in agriculture adopt sustainable farming practices which are easy to implement and have benefits for the people and the planet.
Kulika is a non-government organization working with rural communities to empower people to build...
Uganda
2022 - Barefoot Guide Connection, Agroecology Knowledge Hub and Family Farming Knowledge Platform.
Fiche d'information
Identikit of the East African youth agripreneur in the digital space
Food and Agricultural Organization’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Over 360 young male and female entrepreneurs engaged through...
Kenya - Rwanda - Uganda
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
Talking Books provide an innovative solution to reach rural communities in Uganda
Programme uses ‘talking book’ audio players to share knowledge on women’s land rights
In partnership with Amplio, a US based nonprofit social enterprise, the pilot project has adopted these easy-to-use gadgets to engage around 8,000 people, sharing stories and ideas on women's land rights and their benefits for households and communities.
The Talking Books were developed by Amplio to reach remote, under-served rural populations that...
Uganda
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Rapport
Creating resilient livelihoods for youth in small-scale food production
A collection of projects to support young people in achieving sustainable and resilient livelihoods and food security
This publication showcases initiatives that have been successfully implemented to help youth build resilience in the agrifood system, despite the severe consequences of climate change and formidable social and economic challenges. It aims to inspire potential policies and programmes by portraying key needs, challenges and initiatives, as well as lessons...
Afghanistan - Brazil - Colombia - Ecuador - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Kenya - Madagascar - Senegal - Thailand - Uganda
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Pratiques
Local Poultry Paravet Training Manual
To secure technical support in developing small animal sub sector in West Nile region, in 2012, the Agency For Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development (AFRISA) a not-For-Profit and autonomous government institution furthering Academic-Community-Private-Public Partnership (ACP3) engagement...
Uganda
2022 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Vidéos
Farmer-to-farmer videos boost south-south knowledge exchange in Uganda and beyond
Digital tools are making access to information more and more possible, and participatory videos are a great way for farmers to share their experiences with other farmers in their own countries and beyond. In the RFS Uganda project sites, Farmer Field Schools have partnered up with Access Agriculture to get...
Uganda
2022 - Resilient Foos Systems
Article de blog
Resilience Food Stories
The smallholder farmers of Uganda
Today we are publishing the first stories of our journey to Uganda. It’s actually become one long story about Uganda’s small family farms. More than 70% of people in Uganda work in agriculture. The country has more than three and a half million family farms, and many of its smallholders are...
Uganda
2022
Article de blog
Resilience Food Stories
The smallholder farmers of Uganda
Today we are publishing the first stories of our journey to Uganda. It’s actually become one long story about Uganda’s small family farms. More than 70% of people in Uganda work in agriculture. The country has more than three and a half million family farms, and many of its smallholders are...
Uganda
2022
Manuel
A technical manual for local poultry improvement using programmed hatching management method
Local chicken production has been identified as one of the livestock enterprises with great potential for reducing poverty and malnutrition among rural communities of northern and West Nile regions of Uganda. Almost all households in the region have been found to rear local chicken which they have used to solve...
Uganda
2022 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Directives
Animal traction technology
Majority of farmers in the West Nile region of Uganda are smallholder farmers who produce for subsistence use and only sell the surplus yet they have vast and productive land for farming. Use of rudimentary tools like the hand hoe that are labour-intensive is predominant. The use of animal traction...
Uganda
2022 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Étude de cas
Money where it matters for nature and climate
Financing EbA lessons from China, Peru, Uganda and South Africa
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is a proven cost-effective approach to address interlinked societal challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change. Though there is still insufficient funding for it with little funding flowing to local implementors including local communities, indigenous people, local NGOs and governments.
This collection explores four distinctive but complementary finance...
China - Peru - South Africa - Uganda
2022 - International Climate Initiative ( IKI )
Rapport
Towards fire-smart landscapes
Tropical Forest Issues 61
This 61st edition of Tropical Forest Issues (formerly ETFRN News) includes a collation of 25 articles from a total of more than 100 contributors. There are more than 20 case studies from across tropical America, Asia and Africa, with others that explain the importance of the ecology, management and concepts related to fire...
Argentina - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire - Ecuador - Ethiopia - Ghana - Indonesia - Madagascar - Mexico - Nepal - Thailand - Uganda - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Viet Nam
2022 - Tropenbos International
Étude de cas
Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Awareness of livestock sector policies, laws and One Health among local animal health staff
Snapshot from a survey in six sub-regions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
Livestock sector and One Health-related policies and laws provide the overarching framework that guides the development and transformation of the livestock sector. Local authorities, and in particular frontline animal health officers, are responsible for their implementation. To perform their function properly, frontline animal health officers should not only be technically...
Ethiopia - Kenya - Uganda
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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