Produced by NAPE Uganda | February 2017 The video documentary investigates about the over 1,000 people evicted from their land in Bugambe Sub-County, Hoima District in Uganda by unscrupulous businessmen targeting the oil and sugar industry and relays the untold suffering by communities. Read more ... ...
Tag Archives: agriculture
Film: Seeds of Freedom Tanzania
Uhuru wa Mbegu za Wakulima | Produced by TOAM | August 2016 The Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) has been working to promote sustainable agricultural practices in the country and has released a documentary on the opportunities and constraints facing small scale farmers. Read more ... ...
Study: Forced Migration – Climate Change Fueling Conflicts in Kenya
Report on Climate Change-Induced Conflicts and Migration in Kenya | Written by ICCA | May 2016 A recent study commissioned by the RLF East Africa Office has revealed the Climate Change is increasingly fueling conflicts – and hence forced migrations – in the Kenya. Read more ... ...
Study: Donor Dependence and underfunding hampering climate financing in Tanzania
Climate Finance Tracking Study for Agriculture and Livestock Sector Ministries in Tanzania 2009/10 – 2013/14 | Published by Forum CC | October 2015 A recent study commissioned by the Tanzania Civil Society Forum on Climate Change (ForumCC), a Rosa Luxemburg Foundation partner, has revealed that Climate Financing in Tanzania is highly dependent on foreign funding, a detrimental trend that is coupled with lack of pr ...
Newsletter: Sustainability School Bulletin No 6
Published by NAPE | September 2015
The purpose of the bulletin is to bring you information regarding the implementation of the Sustainability School programme and now the Community Green Radio.
Content includes among other Katwe residents hail NAPE over protecting salt lake, The New Colonialism and why it should be resisted, the celebration of the first anniversary of the Community Green Radio ...
Published by TOAM | September 2015
Farmers Prefer Farmers-Managed Seed Systems - this is one conclusion of a recently published report commissioned by Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement. The study has revealed that the majority of farmers in eight agricultural zones surveyed prefer using the Farmer Managed Seed System (FMSS) over the formal / commercial system.
Addressing the Critical Gaps that Increase Women’s Vulnerability to Shocks of Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition | Published by Food Rights Alliance | August 2015
The Food Rights Alliance (FRA) in Uganda presents a compelling study establishing facts about the effects of women’s exposure to shocks of vulnerability, poverty and traumatic stressors of hunger and malnutrition. The study is carried out in two formerly w ... The example of Tanzania | Written by Abdallah Ramadhani Mkindi, Coordinator of TABIO | May 2015
There are concerns with regards to the government’s proposals to revise seed legislation. Moreover, seed sovereignty in Tanzania can only be achieved if smallholder farmers, who provide over 80 per cent of the country’s seed requirements, are placed at the centre of decisions on seed systems and policies.
Study: Farmer Managed Seed Systems in Tanzania
Study: Bearing the brunt of women’s exclusion in Agriculture
Paper: Farmers’ Seed Sovereignty is under threat