Farmers' Voices

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women starts and it runs until 10th December on the Human Rights Day. In this podcast ESAFF Uganda digs into the critical issues of gender based violence, its impact and the calls to action to the government and other stakeholders f...

This podcast, brings to you a special discussion held with youth small scale farmers from Nebbi, Zombo, Amuru, Apac and Mbale Districts. 5 youth small scale farmers (3 F and 2 M) were engaged in commemoration of the International Youth Day on 12th August 2022 to discuss the contribution of youth farmers within the Agriculture Sector. The youth small scale farmers talked to included Wawuya Raymond...

In this podcast, we had a special discussion with women seed champions in Adjumani district. We engaged with 3 women seed champions in Adjumani district to discuss the role of women in sourcing, storing and sharing seed. The women further shared about the kind of support that they need to preserve their seed sovereignty despite the current pressures from opposers of farmer-managed seed systems. Th...

This podcast highlights how Vicky Lokwiya, a small-scale farmer from Paicol village, Gulu district accessed KilimoMart Application and sold her organic agricultural products (cassava and okra) products using the Application. It covers the challenges that she used to face before the intervention of KilimoMart Application. In the podcast, she also discussed how she got to know about the Application,...

John is the Agricultural officer for Buwunga Sub County in Masaka district. In this podcast, he discusses the relationship between the small-scale farmers and the production office and how this office has been able to support the farmers in Buwunga. He highlighted why many farmers prefer to use conventional farming rather than organic farming and what the production officer is doing to encourage f...

In this podcast, Wali Christopher talks about the availability of markets for organic products in the country and outside the country. He highlights the major reason why consumers do not consume organically produced food and the importance of adding value to organic products such as reduction of post harvest losses and increased income for farmers. Christopher also gives some propositions on what...

In this podcast, small-scale farmers looked at the main causes of land degradation in Uganda highlighting the human activities that lead to land degradation. In this podcast, small-scale farmers discussed the impacts of desertification and drought in their farming communities and how it affects their production and livelihood. The podcast also talks about the actions that can be taken to combat de...

In this podcast, Olivia Muwanga, a small-scale organic farmer from Masaka district who is passionate about Organic Agriculture and has been practising organic agriculture for over 10 years shares how she started practising Organic Agriculture and how she uses organic agriculture practices to control pests and diseases. She further explains to us the benefits of organic agriculture to the environme...