By Josephine Osandru Mawua, TEREGO/MADI-OKOLLO: MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025 In the wake of unbearable heat waves due to rising temperatures sweeping through East Africa and coupled with scarcity of water, living in a refugee settlement has been a mind-blowing experience in the Rhino Camp Refugee settlement in Terego and Madi …
Read More »KOBOKO WOMEN TAKE ON ECO-FARMING TO RESTORE DEGRADED FARMLANDS
By Janeth Fridah KOBOKO: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 In an effort to save the environment from degradation, women in lobule Sub County in Koboko district have embarked on tree planting. Shifa Salama, a member of the host community in Lobule, said that they formed an association of over 84 women …
Read More »‘PROSPER WOMEN’ MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH VEGETABLE GROWING IN ARUA CITY
BY STEPHEN CANDIA ARUA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025 There is a sense of wonder that has gripped the friends and neighbors of Charity Kayomirwoth, 31 and her colleagues Margaret Atimango and Gladys Piyic after they successfully turned a bushy and grove inhabited area along the banks of River Enyau in …
Read More »Arua’s Female Farmer Turns Urban Farming into a Thriving Enterprise, Aims to Lead Sunflower Oil Production in West Nile
Arua’s Female Farmer Turns Urban Farming into a Thriving Enterprise, Aims to Lead Sunflower Oil Production in West Nile By Matata Benzamin Arua: Monday, February 16, 2025 In the heart of Arua City, a woman’s passion for farming has turned into a thriving business empire. Caroline Lilly Ocanda, a 56, …
Read More »LIRA WOMEN FARMERS TURN TO SOLAR IRRIGATION FARMING TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
BY JOSEPH OKUL LIRA: Thursday, February 6, 2025 As an experienced farmer for over two decades, Judith Ayo, a resident of Alepo village, Ayamo parish, Bar sub county expressed high hopes that her recent adoption of solar powered irrigation will gradually lead to increasing her annual incomes. Ayo grows cabbage …
Read More »THE BUSINESS OF TURNING PLASTIC WASTE INTO MONEY SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARUA CITY
BY ANDREW COHEN AMVESI ARUA: OCTOBER 30, 2024 Plastic waste, especially the poor disposal of bottles of mineral water, soft drinks and liquor, is one of the commonest forms of environmental pollution in Arua city. However, the business of making money from collecting plastics for sale is often regarded as …
Read More »IRRIGATION FARMING CUSHIONING DOKOLO FARMERS FROM POOR WEATHER
BY DENISH ODONGO DOKOLO: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024 Two farmers’ groups in Dokolo district comprising 52 members have received irrigation facilities, marking the beginning of a transformative journey to cushion them from the adverse effects of poor weather. Ayemedo ngeca farmers groups (32 farmers) in Amwoma parish and Community initiatives …
Read More »THE MICRO-IRRIGATION SCHEME HELPING TO IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS IN KOBOKO DISTRICT
BY STEPHEN CANDIA KOBOKO: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024 For many years, the residents of Lobule sub-county in Koboko district endured torrent life due to dry long spells that adversely affected their agricultural output. Women were especially hardest hit as for various reasons, much of the burden of fending for the family …
Read More »ARUA BANANA FARMER REAPING DIVIDENDS OF MULCHING
BY ANDREW COHEN AMVESI ARUA: NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Organic mulching is a practice often overlooked by farmers who are still stuck in traditional agriculture. However, for Kefa Ondoma, 47, a banana farmer in Arua district, mulching has helped him …
Read More »Rising Levels of Lake Victoria displacing communities in Uganda
By Richard Drasimaku OBONGI, NORTHERN UGANDA: Nov 17, 2021 From the far-flung horizon, the setting sun illuminates the skyline, its rays dappling the banks of River Nile where parts of Obongi town once blossomed. But beneath the spectacle lie the ruins of destruction – of shops, rental units, residential apartments, and grass-thatched houses. …
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