The Environmental Defenders expresses profound sorrow at the passing of Mr. Ngom Udagu Filemon, the recipient of the 2023 Kilimo Prize Award. Mr. Filemon passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024, at 10am at Ther Aru Hospital in Abira, Mahagi area. Mr. Ngom Udagu Filemon has been afflicted with diabetes for a duration of 7 […]
On August 23, 2023, the Environmental Defenders awarded the first “Kilimo Prize Award” to 18 individuals and organizations in the Albertine region of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The recipients were carefully selected and honored at the 2023 Kilimo Award ceremony held in Wagungu Chiefdom, Mahagi Port in the Mahagi territory of the […]
Environmental Defenders has purchased an off-grid, solar-powered seed bank and nursery from Terraformation to help scale up the organization’s restoration work in the Albertine region of Uganda and North Eastern DR Congo. Under this initiative, Environmental Defenders has already developed a well-functioning regional native seed hub that serves as a center of excellence to support […]
The Environmental Defenders ran a one-day awareness and community sensitization activity on Thursday, the 30th of 2023. The goal of the activity was to educate and sensitize the smallholder farmers of Anguza in Wagungu Chiefdom, Mahagi territory of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was done as part of an education […]
The view on productive agriculture as critical for employment creation and poverty reduction is now widely shared within the development regions in Uganda especially among the smallholder farmers. Being a smallholder farmer undoubtedly means to be part of the driving force that provides the basis for economies in developing communities such as Uganda in the east African community.
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