Learning visit to the FMNR network farmers in Central region
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Wealthy investors in Uganda are taking advantage of a new money-making opportunity investing in trees.
Wealthy investors in Uganda are taking advantage of a new money-making opportunity investing in trees. Trees have become an attractive investment because of the rising cost of timber and the allure of carbon credits. The Ugandan government sees these so-called…
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Woody plant resources continue to disappear in anthropogenic landscapes in Uganda
Woody plant resources continue to disappear in anthropogenic landscapes in Uganda. To slow down further loss of these resources requires the collaboration of farmers in tree planting in agroforestry systems. Tree planting interventions with the collaboration of farmers require a…
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Mr Besesa has planted a total of 915 hectares of Pine and Eucalyptus trees in western Uganda
Driven by the need to please his father who was always against his ways of cutting trees without replacing, Mr Besesa started tree planting in 1996 to please his father not knowing that in future, it was to become a…
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Uganda now has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world
Uganda has a rapidly growing population, which is putting a great deal of stress on the country’s forests by increasing demand for firewood, pushing agricultural expansion, and expanding land settlement. As a result, Uganda now has one of the highest…
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Planting trees with the aim of making money
The statistics alone are damning, of Uganda’s 197,100sqkms land mass, approximately 43,542sqkm (17.5 per cent) is still covered with forests (natural 14 per cent and planted 3.5 per cent). With the population, estimated at 44m people that translate into 1,000…
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