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Solutions to youth agripreneurship challenges
Lessons learned from youth agripreneur champions in Uganda
This case study, “Solutions to youth agripreneurship challenges”, is an output deriving from the assessment of the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture (YIYA) Initiative in Uganda. In 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) as...
Uganda
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Document technique
Youth-to-youth mentorship approach in agripreneurship development
Lessons learned from the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture (YIYA) initiative in Uganda
Peer-to-peer learning can be very effective in sharing knowledge and experience, and encouraging the adoption of new practices and technologies among farmers including youth. FAO training approaches, like the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS), encourage youth facilitators to share their knowledge in the respective communities, mobilizing and sensitizing...
Uganda
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
Co-creation of Agroecology Knowledge in Western Uganda
In light of the 10 elements of agroecology and the 13 agroecological principles adopted by the High-Level Group of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), the importance of rethinking the production of knowledge and its sharing, and include agroecological transition processes in participatory approaches, is today largely a consensus.
On paper, these principles seem fairly...
Uganda
2021 - Iles de Paix
Article de revue spécialisée
Manure matters: prospects for regional banana-livestock integration for sustainable intensification in South-West Uganda
In South-West Uganda, manure is highly valued for sustaining yields of East African Highland Banana, but it is in short supply. As a result, banana growers import manure from rangelands up to 50 km away. We aimed to explore the potential of this regional banana-livestock integration to meet crop nutrient requirements...
Uganda
2021 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Rapport
Youth-to-youth mentorship approach in agripreneurship development
Peer-to-peer learning can be very effective in sharing knowledge and experience, and encouraging the adoption of new practices and technologies among farmers including youth. FAO training approaches, like the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS), encourage youth facilitators to share their knowledge in the respective communities, mobilizing and sensitizing...
Uganda
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Directives
Horticulture Agroecological Production Manual
Uganda made impressive economic development in the last three decades. Poverty headcount declined from 56% in 1992 to 27% in 2018 and 33% of the total population belongs to the middle class. However, the rosy economic growth is marred by inequalities and social exclusion. Youth; majority of the total population...
Uganda
2021 - Afard - The Agency for Accelerated Regional Development
Divers
On Air Dialogues – Listening to rural people
The 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit was designed to create a path towards transforming the global food system so that it feeds the world sustainably, equitably, and inclusively. Small-scale farmers and other rural people must play an essential role in doing that. They are the backbone of the global...
Burkina Faso - Ghana - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2021 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Leafy Greens and Vegetables of Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Ouvrage
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Article de blog
Let us focus on nutrition agriculture
This short article is based on the Ugandan book “Food and Nutrition in Uganda”. The author contends that while our political leaders and agricultural extension workers have long concentrated on reducing poverty and increasing food production, nutrition has been neglected. Food security is expected as long as large quantities of...
Uganda
2021
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Ouvrage
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Ouvrage
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Ouvrage
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda - Luganda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Uganda
2021
Pratiques
Rapid composting methods: use of forced aeration
The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Rapid composting methods: use of cellulolytic cultures
The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Rainwater harvesting systems for ntula/eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.)
This technology describes utilizing rooftop water harvesting facilities to increase the availability of water for domestic use and irrigation of backyard ntula/ eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum L.) gardens. This measure allows small-scale farmers to harvest rainwater from roofs and store it in tanks, ensuring ntula production also during the dry season,...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Simple methods of meat preservation: meat dryers
The meat dryers are constructions of wood, metal and/or concrete, stationary or mobile, without or with a roof. For strips suspended by hooks or with a loop attached or fixed by clips, removable horizontal bars, either made of wood or metal or horizontal wire strings are needed. The following description...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Drought-tolerant maize varieties
This technology describes the cultivation of drought-tolerant maize varieties in the central cattle corridor of Uganda, a region particularly exposed to dry spells. The benefits and constraints compared to local varieties are shown in a cost-benefit analysis.
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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