Madanji Awe holds a recently-picked maize stalk which he has stripped clean of cobs. He places the long, yellowy-green stalk into a forage chopper and pulls the cord to start the motor. After a few attempts, the machine roars to…
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Uganda: Teacher leaves classroom behind but keeps educating
John Kaganga is transforming the lives of rural youth. The retired teacher is inspiring young people to pick up their hoes and build a brighter future in Kasejjere village, 70 kilometres northwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Mr. Kaganga says:…
Uganda: War orphan educates young farmers
Jaspher Okello crouches low with his hands in the soil. He is surrounded by two hectares of orange-fleshed sweet potato vines which sprout from the earth. His three younger brothers watch and learn as he inspects the crop. The 20-year-old…
Tagged with: African farming, agriculture, Joseph Kony, Lira, Lord's Resistance Army, northern Uganda, Orange sweet potato, Uganda, War, Young Farmers
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Uganda: Urban residents turn to vegetables and chickens to improve their lives
Ruth Nalunkuma sits on her front doorstep and gazes at her kitchen garden. The 47-year-old mother of five grows fruit and vegetables in a garden outside her tiny home in Kigoowa, a suburb eight kilometres northeast of central Kampala. Mrs.…
Tagged with: agriculture, Catholic Church, CBS Radio Buganda, FRW, kampala, Kamwokya Christian Caring Community, kitchen garden, peri-urban agriculture, poultry farming, small-scale farmers, Uganda, women farmers
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Tanzania: Small-scale farmers speak up for better market access
Digging her hands into the soil, Juliana Amadeus pulls up a fistful of onions with green, leafy stems. As the wind picks up, the onions’ pungent aroma wafts across the one acre farm. Ms. Amadeus drops the onions on to…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, climate change, Elizabeth Wangui, farm radio international, farming, Himo town market, ICT4d, ICTs, Juliana Amadeus, Kilimanjaro region, Kirya village, Local Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation Project, market access, mobile phone poll, onions, Paza Sauti, radio, semi-arid region, tanzania
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South Sudan’s Hip Hop Artists Call for Peace and Reconciliation Through the Unhip Practice of Farming
JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) – “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based dancehall reggae group, the…
Tagged with: Addis Ababa peace talks, Africa, agriculture, Artists call for peace and reconciliation, farming, Hip Hop, Juba, peace, South Sudan
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Uganda: Farmer Profits By Branching Out Into Selling Sweet Potato Vines
Perpetua Okao pulls a ringing mobile phone out of her pocket. She responds to the caller, “Yes, I may still have some vines. How many do you need?” Mrs. Okao tucks the phone back into her pocket. She explains: “I’m…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, Farm Radio Weekly, ICTs, OFSP, Orange fleshed sweet potato, radio program, Radio Wa, Uganda, value addition, vines, Wa Farmer
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Uganda Women Farmers Lack Access to Critical Information via Radio
KAMPALA, Uganda – I traveled across Uganda, last May, to conduct focus group discussions with smallholder farmers on the impact of the My Children radio drama, produced by Farm Radio International and Harvest Plus Uganda. This radio drama taught farmers…
Tagged with: access to radio, agriculture, farm radio international, Harvest Plus, information, kampala, My children, radio, radio drama, Uganda, women farmers
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War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan
JUBA, Aug 21 2014 (IPS) – Along the fertile banks of sub-Saharan Africa’s White Nile, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile River, a war veteran’s co-op is planting for a food secure future in South Sudan, a…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, famine, FAO, food crops, food insecurity, former SPLA, Juba, Mennonite Central Committee, Nile River, peace, Simon Agustino, South Sudan, UNMISS, vegetables, war veterans, Werithior Veterans Association, White Nile, Wilson Abisai Lodingareng
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