Supporting traditional farming knowledge systems amongst small seed farmers in Uganda

Because of increased industrial farming systems, many farmer households no longer have granaries which for centuries were traditional way of storing and preserving food to save people in times of food shortage. AFRICE is supporting the communities of Kikarara around L.Edward and Buliisa along L.Albert in Uganda to revive indigenous knowledge and practices for food security. With continuous community dialogues on seed and knowledge, these two communities have revived the traditional storage granaries.

These granaries help in the food storage and seed preservation, recuperation of indigenous seed varieties, saving seeds for the next planting season and ecologically viable in conservation ofecosystems that provide the materials for construction of these granaries. Saving community seeds reduce the community dependence on hybrid seed bought from open markets and supplied by government.

It is important to note that indigenous seeds are drought and pest resistant and therefore les chemical
pesticides are used which have drastically destroyed soils and entire biodiversity.