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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]