Seed fair at Igaaniriro Rya Kubumbu demonstration farm
Africe discusses remedies for food security at community seed learning center kikarara and why the national food policy should be reviewed
FARM MATTERS 3RD OCTOBER
UN general assembly recognized Africe for its effort on protection on rights of nature, using indigenous knowledge to revive indigenous seed that are eroding away because of genetically modified food
AFRICE supports Banyabutumbi small holder farmers to promote indigenous Farming systems
This project has been implemented with support from Newfield Foundation to promote indigenous seeds and food systems in Bwambara sub county Rukungiri district and Buliisa women farmers.This support was handy especially in averting covid-19 effects
AFRICE facilitates customary law ordinance of indigenous Bagungu people in Buliisa
In the last two years AFRICE with support from Gaia Foundation has facilitated Buliisa district Local Government to develop an ordinance to recognize the customary laws and sacred natural sites and territories of the indigenous Bagungu people, living near Lake Albert. By making the customary laws to protect these SNT&T, AFRICE is implementing several resolutions made by global and regional […]
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 […]
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 […]