- 24-02-2020 o Arrival / Registration: - 10:00am - 10:45am latest, Monday, 24th February 2020. Those coming from distant locations can arrive a day earlier. Meals and accommodation will be charged extra. Call or email us for more details on this. o Time Frame: - Opening session: Monday 24th February, 11.45am....
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01-10-2019 Introduction to Soil Structure and Health Acidic Soils of the Tropics Testing and Replenishing your Soils Soil Texturing Flowchart
- This technology describes a combination of good practices for soil and water conservation that were introduced to coffee farmers in the central cattle corridor of Uganda, with aim to enhance their resilience to dry spells, pests and diseases, as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)...
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Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are among the seven most produced food crops in the world, surpassed only by wheat, rice, corn, potato, barley, and cassava (Franklin Martin, ECHO Technical Note) Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP) are rich in vitamin A, which is very commonly deficient in...
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01-08-2021 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common leafy greens and vegetables of Uganda. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every...
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- 17-03-2021 Invitation to Virtual ECHO East Africa Biennial SymposiumonSustainableAgricultureandAppropriateTechnologies 28th - 30th September, 2021 Greetings! You are cordially invited to join us for the 6th ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies2021 this...
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Access Agriculture Training Video Wooden stakes are the strongest support for climbing beans and can be used for many seasons, but wood is in high demand for construction and fuel wood. Farmers in southwest Uganda show us different ways of staking beans, with or without wood. Available languages...
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The Challenge : Solar panels and biogas digesters provide essential sources of light, electricity and cooking fuel in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the poorest African families remain unable to afford them, excluding them from accessing vital clean energy sources. At the same time some of their...
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1.8 billion people have access to electricity but still cook with biomass. Load shedding, weak grids, affordability of electricity, accessibility of liquid petroleum gas (LPG), tradition, perceptions, and a lack of suitable cooking appliances all act as barriers to scaling up the use of...
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Kitara language - Wikipedia The Kitara language, commonly known asRunyakitara, is an artificial standard language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda: Nyoro or Runyoro. Kiga (Chiga) or Rukiga. Nkore or Runyankole. Link to Access Agriculture videos that are translated to...