In the Bunyama islands the Ugandan government is stopping native people from accessing the forest for food, while allowing palm tree companies to do what they want.It’s time we exposed these double...
After a three-hour journey on water from Entebbe we finally arrived at the Sese Islands. Sese Islands are found on Lake Victoria, they comprise of 84 small Islands, these make up Kalagala district in...
'Maji ni Uhai' - water is life. These were the words Samwel Njogu Munywa and his wife Gladys Muthoni greeted us with, as we entered their compound in Karudas village, Thego location in Kieni...
You can use the land you have to grow the food you need.This is one of the slogans from a WWII victory poster that was plastered across the UK and the USA encouraging people to utilise their suburban...
Two months ago I met the Oliumu community in Katakwi district, eastern Uganda. Many of the discussions I had with the community involved comparing the workload of women to men. I discovered...
I could feel the sweat trickling down my neck. It was 8 am in the morning and the scorching sun of Northern Kenya was high above me; the heat wave seeping energy from every living thing in...
After soybeans and corn, on September, the National Technical Commission on Biosecurity, CNT Bio, approved the commercialization of a genetic modified variety of bean. Beans are one of the most...
Extreme poverty, hunger and starvation is concentrated on marginalised rural areas in Gambia. Most rural people earn their income as small holder farmers.Smallholder women farmers in Gambia have...
What do you do with a degree in Agriculture after five years of study? Here is a viable business option for the smart: go into the business of terrorism, it pays better. At least that’s...
While traveling through Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda and various remote tropical islands in the Banda Sea/Indonesia I've been looking, listening and learning about people's farming techniques. And...
