By Our Reporter Rallying stakeholders at all levels behind the climate change solutions campaign was a key feature at the just concluded 4th Climate Change Week in Fort Portal, Kabarole District of the Rwenzori sub region.     Photo: Match on Fort Portal for Climate Change. Boda-boda riders initiated into the climate change fight Among the many campaign events was ... Read More »

By our Reporte As a buildup to the 4th Climate Change Week for 2016, Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC) together with the Kabarole District Local Government launched a campaign to kick-out the use of the 3-stones cooking stoves from public institutions, beginning with Buhinga Primary School in Fort Portal. The school with a population of over 2000 pupils represents ... Read More »

By Our Reporter Access to appropriate and affordable agricultural value addition and mechanization technology has never been a reality to smallholder farmers in Uganda. Acquiring a new tractor in Uganda could cost a farmer a whopping 55 million Uganda Shillings. But this is likely to be no more as a Mayuge based agro-machinery manufacturer, Godfrey Munyegera is determined to reduce ... Read More »

FORT PORTAL 29TH JULY 2016 Right Hon Speaker PREAMBLE WHEREAS the 4th Climate Change Week in the Rwenzori Region builds into a sustained climate change campaign started in 2011 by Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), working closely with stakeholders in the public, social and private sectors. AND WHEREAS the 2016 fourth Climate Change Week is organized by KRC in ... Read More »

By John Murungi Amooti and Musinguzi Francis Mountains of the Moon Hotel In a brazen attack on leaders who pay lip service as the natural resources are depleted in contravention of the law, the Deputy Executive Director of ACODE Mr. Onesmus Mugyenyi has used the climate change dialogue to lash out at the leaders. The dialogue was organized as part ... Read More »

By Francis Musinguzi Hundreds of agriculture researchers and smallholder farmers have highlighted a fundamental but underplayed element in Uganda’s quest for agriculture transformation; that of creating linkages between researchers and farmers as the final researcher users. This was during the commencement of the 4th Climate Change Week of the Rwenzori sub region in Fort Portal on the 26th July 2016, ... Read More »

Speaker Kadaga calls for government revamping of silos Farmers call for increased funding to agriculture KRC Director appeals to government on Regional Peace Leaders petition Parliament to support energy saving technologies –as 4th Rwenzori Climate Change Week Draws hundreds By John Murungi Amooti-Fort Portal The scintillating sounds of sirens bludgeoned the environs at Boma grounds. Something however, seemed strange- contrary ... Read More »

Storyteller Information Name* RICHARD Gender MALE   Occupation Health centre in charge. Health Canter and Level Kasenda HC III Story Recorder Jack Nyakairu.   Date of recording 30th Dec 2015 My Name is Richard the health center in charge for Kasenda health center III in Kabarole district. In the past, the Health Center used to run smoothly at the health ... Read More »

By Kansime Resty, Kyangwali, Hoima 18.07.2016 Kayo Rumazimisi, 35, from Nyamiganda village, Kasonga parish,Kyangwali sub-county, Hoima District beams with delight. His face exudes contentedness. He, like many other neighbors in Kayngwali, he has a cause to smile- as he will soon smile his way to the bank courtesy of the new initiative by KRC and WFP to support them with ... Read More »

By John Murungi Amooti  18.07.2016 KRC under its Farmer Enterprise Development (FEDU) and the Information Units is organizing a farmers’ field exchange visit on grains and pulse post harvest handling machinery, to Mayuge district. The initiative comes  against the backdrop that there is growing concern  over the vagaries associated with post-harvest handling  among the farmers in the Rwenzori Region . ... Read More »