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Wondering what you can do to help people on the frontline of climate change?
The community we work with in Bunambutye sub-county, eastern Uganda, has shared that more unpredictable and extreme weather is resulting in failed harvests - and they want help to improve their crop yields.
We are fundraising for a farming project that will support 300 farmers to adapt to a changing climate, increasing their resilience through training in permaculture methods. So what does permaculture mean? It's all about agriculture in a self-sufficient and sustainable way, focusing on crop diversity, resilience, natural productivity, and long-term viability. Its whole-system design principles encompass the effects on environment as well as people, e.g. in avoiding the use of artificial pesticides and fertilizers. And we hope it will help equip this community with the skills and resources to produce enough food for themselves and their families.
Working with the Eastern Uganda Permaculture Organization we have consulted farmers and experts to plan what would most effectively help the community to adapt to climate change. The project will include:
- Introductory training in the principles of permaculture, to build a foundation of understanding of the approach before moving onto practical implementation
- Training to improve nutrients and drainage in the soil, including composite manure and earthworms which improve the structure of the soil
- Rabbit rearing, as rabbit urine is an effective organic fertiliser and pesticide which is cheap to produce.
- Water harvesting, using drip irrigation methods to provide water to crops
- Introducing push-pull technology, which is a strategy of mixing crops with other plants that repel or attract pests, used in combination to drive pests away from farmers’ crops
- Kitchen gardening training, including the construction of fuel-efficient stoves, which focuses on improving food security and nutrition at a household level
- Training in cooperative formation and support to savings group members to work together in collective actions to improve the value farmers can achieve for their crops, such as bulking.
Combined, these elements will support the community to learn practical skills to improve their livelihoods and adapt their small-scale agricultural activities to the changing climate.
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