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Empowering Smallholder Farming Communities: Gordon’s Agricultural Organization-Uganda Sets a Path to Maximise Potential

23 hours 50 minutes ago
Africa’s agricultural sector is distinguished by its rich and diverse adaptive traditional techniques that have been essential for food security over the decades. However, in northern Uganda, agricultural practices have encountered systemic inefficiencies that have particularly impacted smallholder farmers, including women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs), leaving them vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity. These farmers are grappling with limited access to affordable, quality inputs such as climate-smart seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals and industrial tools. The scarcity of effective advisory services has compelled farmers to rely on outdated and unsustainable farming practices, exacerbated by an inadequate advisory ratio of one […]
Luise Mwanyangapo

Call for 2025/2026 Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Positions at Bishop Stuart University, Uganda

3 weeks 6 days ago
The Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Program is an initiative by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to enhance the quality of teaching and research in African universities. The program seeks to address critical academic staff shortages in higher education institutions while equipping graduate students with valuable teaching and professional development opportunities. The RUFORUM GTA program envisions a vibrant academic ecosystem where graduate students are actively engaged in teaching, research, and mentorship, contributing to developing sustainable solutions for Africa’s agricultural and development challenges. There are currently 18 GTA Positions available at Bishop Stuart University in Uganda under […]
Luise Mwanyangapo
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