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Keeping the food value chain alive: challenges and solutions of young agripreneurs
Rural youth risk to disproportionately suffer from the pandemic. Already facing higher unemployment and underemployment rates compared to adults, rural youth are 40 per cent more likely to be in casual work arrangements than urban youth.[1] Most earn their income on a daily or weekly basis, with little or no access to...
Rwanda - Senegal - Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Agroecological guide for bee farming
Bee keeping, also called Apiary is an important activity by many farmers in Uganda. Once properly managed, it is more secure compared to crop farming which is so much dependent on weather patterns. This manual is a guide to profitable bee keeping and farmers will find it useful.
Uganda
2020 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Pratiques
Agroecological guide for beans production
This manual is developed by a consortium consisting of four NGOs (Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization) for the implementation of the Action for Livelihood Enhancement in Northern Uganda (ALENU) Project that is funded under the Development Initiative for Northern...
Uganda
2020 - (Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization)
Pratiques
Groundnuts production training manual
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), also known as peanut, is cultivated in the semiarid tropical and subtropical regions of nearly 100 countries in six continents between 40° N and S of the equator. In Southern and Eastern Africa, peanut is grown at an altitude of over 1500 m, with a rainfall...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afri-ka, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic De-velopment and Globalization
Pratiques
Bamboo in sericulture: a case study from India
Traditionally, bamboo equipment has been used in sericulture. The main uses of bamboo in sericulture are baskets for gathering mulberry leaves, trays for feeding leaving to larvae, mountages for production of cocoons, trays for cocoon storage, stifling baskets for steaming of cocoons and some woven mats. The present study is...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Development and promotion of community-based seed production of groundnut Rosette disease-resistant varieties
Groundnuts play a key role as a subsistence food source for poor people in the districts in northeastern Uganda, where the “Teso” system of agriculture is practiced. The crop is a valuable source of protein and oil and thus makes a significant contribution to people’s nutritional requirements. With a decline...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Irish potatoes production training manual
Potato originated in the highlands of South America before Spanish explorers brought the plant to Europe in the late 16th century. Around the turn of the 20th century the plant arrived in Africa where potato has grown in importance over the last years (Biovision). Uganda is the 3rd largest producer...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
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Building life skills for youth
Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) are designed to empower orphans and vulnerable children aged approximately 12 to 18 years. JFFLS target communities where HIV/AIDS, conflict, displacement or other crises have interrupted the generational transfer of agricultural knowledge and life skills, and thereby threaten food and nutrition security. A...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Local poultry programmed hatching management trainer’s guide
The main target group is para-veterinarians involved in the development of small poultry farm at village level. The intention is that the paravets will extract from the manual the materials they need for training.
Uganda
2020
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Custodians of Life: Reviving Culture and Nature in Uganda’s Great Lakes
This is a story of hope and decolonisation in a time of crises.
The Indigenous Bagungu People of western Uganda have lived along the shores of Itaka Mwitanzige (Lake Albert) since time immemorial.
But for over a century, colonialism and globalisation have damaged and repressed both the Bagungu's traditional, Earth-centred culture and...
Uganda
2020 - The Gaia Foundation
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Agroecological guide for onion production
Onion is a biennial vegetable grown in temperate regions as an annual crop. Onions are especially suitable for smallholder farming in many countries because they require a small amount of initial capital. Onions require a small piece of land and they take a relatively short time to mature. Onions can...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
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Draught animal power technologies in East Africa
The technology was developed in collaboration with farmers in the Teso farming system of Uganda. It comprises of the development of appropriate animal-drawn implements, primarily for weeding but also for ridging (sweet potatoes), line planting and lifting (groundnuts). These implements are now being manufactured locally. Impact assessments showed that adoption...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Improved chicken breeds raised in chicken houses
This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of of rearing improved chicken breeds in chicken houses in Uganda. The improved breeds are more resistant to climatic stresses and diseases. Rearing chicken in chicken houses enhances the profitability of poultry production. The transition from free range to chicken houses allows keeping track...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Soil fertility management in agroecological farming
!is section on Soil fertility management in agroecological farming is supposed to be used together with the trainings on specific commodities. !e training concept is the same as outlined for the trainings in the commodities. We provide this part on soil fertility management as a separate leaflet because it is...
Uganda
2020 - (Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
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Soybean production training manual
• Soybeans are a major food crop in the world and they are grown in some parts of Uganda and form an integral and important component in the human and animal nutrition.
• It is successful in areas where rainfall is moderate to light during the latter part of the growing...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
Pratiques
Tomato production manual
Tomato is an annual plant, which can reach a height of over two metres. Three di"erent types of tomato plants can be distinguished:
• tall or indeterminate type
• semi-bush or semi-indeterminate type
• bush or determinate type The tall varieties are the best choice for a long harvest period. They keep growing...
Uganda
2020 - Caritas Switzerland, Advance Afrika, Agency for Accelerated Regional Development, and Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization
Rapport
Farmer field schools, gender equality, social inclusion and community empowerment
The main objective of this exercise has been to collect and analyze the experiences of Farmer field schools (FFS)/Agro-pastoralist field school (APFS) members, graduates, and practitioners in relation to gender equality, social inclusion, and individual and community empowerment, as well as changes to these as a result of participation in...
Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Directives
Field guide to improve crop water productivity in small-scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda
This Field guide differs from ordinary farmers’ guidelines as it is based on locally conducted research and field experience. The Guide draws from field visits, protocol-driven data collection and analysis of production practices in three countries, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda within the framework of FAO-conducted project “Strengthening Agricultural Water...
Burkina Faso - Morocco - Uganda
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Using Eucalyptus leaves to preserve maize and bean seed
This technique aims at preserving the quality of seeds of maize and beans by using Eucalyptus leaves. It is a simple, cost effective and safe method of keeping away common grain pest, particularly weevils in this case, in order to improve storing activities
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Making banana wine at home
Banana growing has a long history in Uganda and the fruit provides a staple food for most communities where it grows. Bananas are a cash and food resource, mostly consumed by the large population in Kampala, the capital city. Large trucks transport, fresh bananas on a daily basis from the...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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