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Prioritizing Agroecology: A vital step for Africa’s climate resilience and food security at COP28

COMMENT | POLYCAP KALOKWERA | The global battle against climate change has made remarkable strides over the last three decades, marked by an enhanced understanding of climate science and the development of effective tools to address its causes and consequences. As the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) convenes in Expo …

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Govt picks interest in agroecology agriculture

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A new government strategy is in the offing to promote agroecology and organic farming in the country, in a bid to protect smallholder farmers and the local and export markets for agricultural products. This comes amidst increasing demand that the government step up the …

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New Fund for Agroecology enterprises launched

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 15 SHONA and Biovision Foundation launched The Neycha Accelerator and Fund (Neycha) to identify and partner with growth-oriented Agroecological Enterprises (AEEs) in Uganda and Kenya, providing them with the capacity, capital, and connections they need to grow their impact and businesses. By supporting …

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COMMENT: The plant-based solution to hunger

 COMMENT: By Barbara Unmüßig Poverty, malnutrition, and hunger must be recognised as a result of politics, not scarcity The way people eat in the industrialised world is unhealthy, unjust, and unsustainable. Far too much of the meat consumed is produced under questionable ecological, ethical, and social conditions. And now that …

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