An advanced agricultural technology is helping farmers in Uganda's Southwestern Highland Agricultural Zone achieve unprecedented crop yields while fighting the devastating effects of soil erosion and ...

Like mushrooms the morning after a rainy night, "conservation farming villages" have sprouted initially in two provinces in the country. A CFV is a model village where farmers practice and promote ...

Around 40 tonnes of soil per hectare is washed away every year in slope areas of the Nilgiris if conservation measures are not applied, says a report from the Central Soil and Water Conservation ...

Residents of Bududa District have embraced contour farming on the slopes of Mt Elgon to reduce natural disasters. Communities in Bumwalukani, Bukalasi and Buwali sub-counties started contour ploughing ...