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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR YOUTH AGRIPRENUERS INTERESTED IN STARTING INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISES – Uganda

The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) under the Farm Income Enhancement Program-Project 2 (FIEFOC-2 Project) whose specific objective is to improve household incomes, food security, and climate resilience through sustainable natural resources management and agricultural enterprise development. MWE with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nordic Development Fund (NDF) is…

Conference: Youth in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Kigali, Rwanda | 20 – 21 August 2018

Over sixty percent of Africa’s estimated 1.2 billion people are under the age of 25; yet with little job creation currently in the rural areas where the majority of the population resides, there is a growing uncertainty over the continent’s preparedness to tap this resource.  Tens of millions of jobs will have to be created each year in rural areas for Africa…

Ghana’s new agriculture policy is leaving behind its smallholders

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FAO e-conference: “The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security”

FAO is organizing an email conference on “The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security” from 19 March to 9 April 2018. This e-conference is intended to provide further feedback on what has been learned so far from the work in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 research project on “Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security”, commonly known as SALSA project. The…

Stand a chance to win 20k through Barilla’s YES! research grant

The 2017 BCFN YES! (Young Earth Solutions) Research Grant Competition seeks groundbreaking research ideas that have a high impact potential for the sustainability of food systems. Young PhD and postdoc researchers from any background and nationality are invited to submit a research project to improve the sustainability of the food system.Emerging experts are encouraged to submit studies that are…

Innovation and Its Enemies: Discussion on future research agendas

Is Cocoa Value Addition Possible for Uganda?

Last weekend, i had the opportunity to visit a cocoa farmer near me in the town of Kabimbiri, a cocoa veteran called Mr. Henry Lwanga Lwanga and his family have been growing cocoa for over 10 years, from his great grand parents, to his parents and now he and his kids are growing cocoa. In Uganda, few farmers grow cocoa as most people think the crop is not economically viable. Uganda has an…

Indigenous Crops Promoting Health and Contributing to Food Security

originally posted in Food tank blog   According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and calories obtained by humans from plants. Since the beginning of the 20th century, some 75 percent of plant genetic diversity has been lost.…

I have been nominated by the Wild Hearts Club

I am honoured to be nominated as a wild heart! mmmh. Thank you to my wonderful friend Elaine for the nomination and Kat for profiling me

The Wild Hearts Club is a tribe of women around the globe who just can’t stay put. Maybe you know the feeling? Some of their profiles are shared here as a source of inspiration, validation, encouragement, reflection, and joy.

You can read about my profile…

28 mind-blowing facts about Uganda!

Wow, 27 is mind boggling…Uganda is a young nation and her youth find themselves in a state of limbo

Media That’s All About Agriculture

  This week, MediaProd, a company specialised in communication for agricultural and rural development, announced the premier of an initiative that will focus on youth agricultural entrepreneurship initiatives in Africa , to be broadcast through the web television (also known as web TV). The project is supported by CTA, and led by a group of young African video journalists and agricultural…

What urbanisation means for rural areas in Africa

The rural population in sub- sahara Africa is on the move. And unlike before where we saw people willingly moving from the villages to towns, the present rural -urban migrations are what we could call ‘forced’. Farmers are seeing a decline in crop production from climate change and increasing competition from BIG AGRI. It almost makes no sense to stay, and the city provides a hub for all…

eConsultation on Nutrition and Food Systems

In view of the implementation of the decisions of the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), of the implementation of the  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – particularly Goals 2 and 13, and in consideration of the recognised compelling need to foster a solid scientific and technical background in support of the CFS work-stream on nutrition, there is an imperative need to examine the…

Age of the farmer

original post entitled ‘idealistic young farmers are using small-scale organic farms to save the dying agriculture industry’ was posted at theplaidzebra In Uganda, young people are not too thrilled about the agriculture sector, and since at some point it was /is used as punishment in schools, most young people tend to look to agriculture as a punishment. This makes it rather difficult to convince…