agroecology
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Global coalition launches new strategy to boost agroecology
ROME, July 5, 2024 – In the context of growing hunger and accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, the 300-member Agroecology Coalition recently launched an ambitious strategy to rapidly accelerate the transition to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agroecology week kicks off in Kampala as PELUM Uganda partners with govt
KAMPALA, October 24, 2023 – PELUM Uganda in collaboration with the ministries of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], and National Agroecology Actors has organised the National…
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Farmers tipped on agroecology to mitigate climatic change disruptions
MBARARA – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESSAF Uganda] has appealed to small-scale Farmers in the country to embrace agroecology in a bid to contain some of the…
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ESAFF trains journalists to create awareness about value of agroecology
MASAKA – At least 15 Ugandan journalists have trained in agroecology practices in an effort to make communities appreciate the importance of food safety and environmental protection. The 3-month training organised by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers’ cooperatives partner to promote food safety in Greater Masaka
MASAKA – Farmer’s cooperative societies and local government authorities in Greater Masaka area have partnered to ensure a proper food supply chain and food safety, this publication understands. According to Sowedi Sserwadda,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka cooperatives sweet-talk farmers on agroecology
MASAKA-Farmers’ cooperatives in the greater Masaka region have begun mobilising small-scale farmers to build sustainable and nutritious food systems based on agroecology. According to agricultural scientists, agroecology is the application of sustainable…
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African govts urged to invest in Agroecology
KAMPALA – Biovision Africa Trust [BvAT], the African Union Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative, and Agroecology Partners have urged African countries to invest in organic agriculture, saying use of synthetic fertilisers harms the…
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ESAFF graduates first cohort agroecology journalists and communicators
KAMPALA: The Eastern and Southern African Small Scale Farmers’ Forum [ESAFF] early this week passed out the first cohort of 20 journalists who completed training on how to report on agroecology practices…
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