Author: ecoagricuganda
Mushroom lovers lets come together to Explore
Mushroom lovers are coming together to Explore, study, preserve and spread knowledge about fungi through the Africa Rising Mushroom Festival. For 2024, the Mushroom Festival will be held October 23rd, 24th and 25th 2024 Join us at the Mushroom Growing Training Center in Hoima City, Kasingo village. Find us 3kms from Hoima central market along…
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Eco-Agric Uganda whistle blowers policy
We are pleased to share with you our whistle blowers policy that was adopted recently.
Thanks from Uganda: Why the Trellis Fund matters
Editor’s Note: Liz Hohenberger, one of the UC Davis grad students who manages our Trellis Fund, shares a Thank You note sent by an organization that had previously received funding from the Trellis Fund. The grants that the Horticulture Innovation Lab awards through its Trellis Fund aren’t huge; we fund 6-month projects for $2,000, matching…
EAC, FAO sign Shs1.5b grant to tackle youth unemployment
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the East Africa Community (EAC) have signed a grant agreement intended to promote urban and rural agriculture and agribusiness in order to improve youth employment in the region. The total budget of $440,000 (Shs1.5 billion) is a one-year grant agreement which allows FAO and…
Farmers take up insurance scheme in face of drought
In face of the drought experienced in the country since last year, leaders of farmers groups under National Union of Coffee Agro-businesses and Farm Enterprises (Nucafe) have been sensitised on insurance against the risks to their crop because of such disasters as drought. During a seminar in Kampala last week, John Makosya, an official from…
Restore, conserve wetlands to fight environmental degradation
If you have ever fetched clean water from a lake, river or any other natural water body you should probably thank a wetland. Wetlands, are like sponges, they hold this water, filter and purify it before sending it into water bodies. February 2 is World Wetlands Day and a great opportunity to learn about the…
Farmers and uncertain weather
The rain season that was expected to begin in September last year in most parts of Uganda started quite late in mid-October 2016 and ended well before Christmas. Since then to date the country has undergone a biting dry spell that has destroyed crops and pasture. The great majority of farmers face tough times ahead…
Gap training of Nakatii
Nakati is one of the vegetables which grows in a variety of soils and can perform for a long period of time compared to other vegetables say, tomatoes and cabbages. This implies that they can be readily available and are sustainable. Nakati requires less labour and is easy to grow because it does not involve…