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A farmer standing near an automated maize sheller machine. Weather changes are increasingly affecting maize production in Kiryandongo district through unpredictable rainfall, higher temperatures, and prolonged wet periods. These changes …
Maize Shellers: Kiryandongo’s Climate Smart Solution for Better Post-Harvest Handling Read More
Journalists engage with the smallholder farmers who are part of the Tutu Community Farmers’ Group. Photo By Simon Wokorach Before the return of relative peace to Northern Uganda in 2009, …
‘Now We Can Cultivate Much More Land…’: How a Tractor is Helping Pader’s War Survivors Rebuild Read More
A commercial poultry farmer Agnes Ajidiru collecting dirty drinkers for clean up from her farm. For poultry farmers in Uganda’s West Nile sub-region, the journey from a day-old chick to …
West Nile Farmers Turn to Poultry As Climate Change Resilient Enterprise Read More
In the second part and final series on climate-smart farming, CHOWOO profiles Alfred Ojok, a coffee farmer in Nwoya district who is using ‘precision technology’ coupled with other climate-smart practices …
How Ojok Turned his Despair Into a Coffee Revolution in Northern Uganda Read More
In the fertile fields of Nwoya District, a quiet shift in farming practice is taking root as one that is reshaping how farmers prepare their land while safeguarding the soil …
Walking Tractors Transform Farming in Nwoya as Climate-smart Solution Gains Ground. Read More
Growing enough food amid fast-changing weather patterns is increasingly becoming tough for rural women in the Acholi subregion. This explains why access to practical information about the expected weather conditions, …
Extension: How Trusted Advisers Are Returning High Yields To Farmers In Acholi Read More
An estimated 40,000kgs of chia seeds lost markets as products tested with residues of agro-chemicals, at the centre of the loss stands Solomon Rackara, a Computer Scientist-turned model farmer whose …
“Liquid Gold”: How Ugandan Farmers Use Rabbit Urine to Revitalize Soil and Control Pests Read More
The elevating scenery of the Albert Nile lowers your eyes to the natural wonders north of Murchison Falls National Park, a dispersal and migratory home to wildlife where the Aswa …
Will conservancies find peace for Nwoya ‘sleepless’ farming communities? Read More
Francis Asiku’s plan to fight hunger in his village began, quite naturally, under a bountiful mango tree. It was 2011, and he had just landed his first nursing job at …
How solar-dried mangoes are breaking the hunger cycle in Yumbe’s climate-stressed village Read More
Uganda’s agricultural sector, the backbone of its economy, faces increasing challenges due to water scarcity, particularly in dry regions hard hit by climate change. As freshwater sources dwindle, farmers seek …
Why Desalination Could Be Uganda’s Key To Climate-Resilient Farming Read More