With generous support from VI Agroforestry, the FMNR Network is implementing a 2-year project that targets to strengthen the FMNR Network, project a positive public image of the FMNR model, and enhance adoption of the FMNR approach in Uganda. Specifically,…
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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. 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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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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Is forest land the only land available for sugarcane growing? We all know it is fertile, is it the only fertile land? We need to rethink many of our strategies now that climate change impacts are hitting us hard and…
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The FMNR Network supported PELUM network members to establish community nurseries and FMNR demos in Soroti, Katakwi, Lira, Buikwe, Mpigi and Kyankwanzi districts. Over 80,000 tree seedlings were raised and farmers are now managing an estimated 80 acres of farmland…
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