Energy Solutions: Briquettes in Uganda
Environment South Africa | 31 Jan 2012
In this report from Earth Focus, briquettes made from saw dust and agricultural waste help save forests and improve people's health. read full article
 Uganda | Health and Environment | Renewable Energy | Sustainable Forest Management

United Republic of Tanzania (the): Apps4Africa: Winners In East Africa Contest
feedproxy.google.com | 20 Jan 2012
Source:  US Department of State Country:  United Republic of Tanzania (the), Kenya, Uganda Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 19, 2012The U.S. Department of State...
 Tanzania | United Republic of | Uganda | Climate Change Adaptation

AfDB promotes greater access to water and sanitation for rural communities in Uganda
African Development Bank | 12 Jan 2012
Up to 2.4 million people in rural areas and small towns across Uganda should have improved access to water supply and sanitation by 2016. This follows the African Development Bank (AfDB) signing on 11 January of USD 67 million package to finance the implementation of Ugandas Water and Sanitation Programme. The project aligns with Ugandas national goal to increase access to water supply and sanitation services, to achieve 100 percent coverage by 2035.(...)
 Uganda | Access to Freshwater | Sanitation

New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds
SCIDEV.NET | 03 Jan 2012
The benefits to poor farmers of new crop varieties are hotly debated, but a new study shows they can help reduce poverty.
 Uganda | Agriculture | Farming Practices | Poverty Reduction

CLIMATE CHANGE: Durban or bust - the Trans-African Caravan of Hope
IRIN News | 02 Dec 2011
KAMPALA 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Brandishing a plea for developed countries to make good their promises to reduce carbon emissions, 300 farmers, youths and activists took the scenic route to the COP17 conference in Durban, travelling more than 7,000km from Burundi in 17 days, through 10 eastern and southern African countries, aboard a convoy of buses draped in various national flags.
 Burundi | Uganda | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Impacts

arborvitae Issue 44 - Forests: a legal challenge
IUCN | 01 Nov 2011
This issue of arborvitae, produced in conjunction with IUCNs Commission on Environmental Law and the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, looks at how forest law is impacting local forest management around the world and how reforms are progressing in several countries.It also include articles on the following: Natural resource laws undermined in Uganda and law and local forest management in Africa
 Uganda | Forests and Woodlands | National Policies and Environmental Laws

Uganda: As food prices bite, HIV-positive people turn to kitchen gardens
plusnews.org | 04 May 2011
The small 10m by 15m garden behind Agnes Oroma's house in northern Uganda's Gulu district is much more than a hobby garden; according to HIV-positive Oroma, it is one of the main reasons she is in good health. She grows indigenous vegetables and tomatoes to supplement her daily diet of beans, maize meal and silver fish; Oroma also proudly shows off a sisal sack in which she grows onions.
 Uganda | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

UGANDA: Food, water crisis looms for thousands
IRIN News | 23 Mar 2011
Thousands of people in 36 of Uganda's 112 districts are at risk of serious food and water shortages due to drought attributed to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Health officials have warned of outbreaks of diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery, due to poor hygiene.
 Uganda | Access to Freshwater | Drought | Waterborne Diseases | Weather Conditions

Uganda: Food, Water Crisis Looms for Thousands
AllAfrica.com | 15 Mar 2011
Thousands of people in 36 of Uganda's 112 districts are at risk of serious food and water shortages due to drought attributed to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Health officials have warned of outbreaks of diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery, due to poor hygiene. The situation requires urgent attention, says the Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru. "We are experiencing food shortages; some families are [already] going without food."
 Uganda | Access to Information | Agriculture | Waterborne Diseases | Weather Conditions

Ugandan scientists grow GM banana as disease threatens country's staple food
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2011
Ban on GM crops waived after bacterial disease causes annual banana crop losses of $500mMost countries would resent being called a banana republic. Uganda prides itself on it. A typical adult here eats at least three times his or her body weight in bananas each year, more than anywhere else on...
 Uganda | Agriculture | Food Security