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October 2, 2020

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 […]

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September 23, 2020

Agroecology, the dying but age-old sustainable farming system

Agroecology means an ecological approach to agriculture that views agricultural areas as ecosystems and in concerned with the ecological impact of agricultural practices. It is a science that is innovating on traditional farming knowledge that works with nature. Agroecology also embodies a political approach, employed by small-scale food producers as a way of life, and as a means to bring […]

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February 17, 2020

The Banyabutumbi Small Scale farmers improve their soils and natural environment through traditional farming systems in Kikarara, Rukungiri District – Uganda.

With the funding from the New Field Foundation (NFF) and the intervention of Africe, the Banyabutumbi Communities have gradually started to revive their traditional farming systems. They have retrieved the long-lost traditional seed varieties like, millet, cassava, sorghum, peas and beans. Each of these seeds have more than four species that are nutritive, resistant to pests and diseases and are […]

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September 26, 2019

A Weber presentation to the GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF NATURE (GARN)

THEME: WATER IS LIFE; The sacredness of water as I have been learning from the Bagungu indigenous communities of Bullisa, Uganda. A Weber presentation to the GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF NATURE (GARN) By Tabaro Dennis of African Institute for Culture and Ecology (AFRICE); Earth Jurisprudence Graduate from Gaia Foundation training for EJ Practitioners.

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August 20, 2019

Indigenous Conservation Knowledge systems among the Baganda.

Basing on the observation that traditional knowledge has widely been marginalised in environmental conservation approaches and practices today and that this partly because it is insufficiently documented and analysed, this study set out to establish the relevance of traditional Baganda approaches to sustainable environmental conservation today. The study specifically sought to answer the following questions: What are the traditional Baganda […]

Earth Jurisprudence 0 30 sec read

June 4, 2019

A New Story for the Earth

“The deepest crises experienced by any society are those moments of change when the story becomes inadequate for meeting the survival demands of a present situation.” – Thomas Berry We live in a time of multiple, interconnected crises- from climate change and ecological breakdown to the rise of the far right and gross global inequality. Thomas Berry, ‘geologian’, cultural […]

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June 4, 2019

Rooting rebellion in nature

Reflections on the legacy of philosopher and ‘geologian’ Thomas Berry, ten years after his death. I first met Thomas Berry at a talk in 1996 and immediately recognised him as an elder with a rare far-sightedness about our past, present and future. He pulled no punches during his talk: “The industrial process is now in its terminal phase. This is the […]

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January 31, 2019

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHERE THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE AND ECOLOGY [AFRICE] WORKS

The culture of the people who live in the areas where AFRICE works:The project area is located near L. Edward and Queen Elizabeth National Park, atRwenshama Fish Landing Site and Kikarara Village in the District of Rukungiri. This area is part of a bigger geographical area known as the Virunga Landscape, which is part of the Albertine Graben. The area […]

Education 0 9 min read

December 10, 2018

Indigenous communities in Uganda

Traditional Granary among some indigenous communities in Uganda

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December 9, 2018

The Banyabutumbi and Other Indigenous Communities Living in the Lake Edward Ecosystems

There are four main ethnic groupings that live around Lake Edward and these are: the Banyabutumbi, abahoro, abakingwe and abakonjo. The Banyabutumbi live around Lake Edward; the abahoro live around Lake Katwe; the abakingwe live around Lake Katwe and Lake Edward [Rwenshama] and the Bakonzo live around Lake Katwe, Lake Edward and Kazinga channel. The Banyabutumbi communities constitute the majority […]

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