NIGI COMMENDED FOR THE GREAT WORK DONE IN A SHORT PERIOD

NIGI project seeks to provide innovative, sustainable and scalable solutions to improve the nutrition and food security for people in and around the refugee settl ...Read

ISSD PLUS'S INTERVENTION HAS INCREASED SEED PRODUCTION IN KISORO

There is also bulking hence the tonnage of quality seed has increased and the lives and incomes of farmers using quality seed have also improved ...Read

SEED FAIRS, AN AVENUE FOR LSBs TO PROMOTE AND SELL QUALITY SEED

It is estimated that less than 15% of Ugandan farmers use quality seed which is mainly hybrid maize something that stems from inadequate access to quality seed of ...Read

COOKING DEMOs LURE FARMERS TO NEW QDS VARIETIES

Some of the varieties tested include; Narobean 1, 3 and Nabe16 among others ...Read

Quality Seed Growing, A Catalyst for Change in Busoga

In the New Vision's Harvest Money Pullout, read about how growing Quality Declared Seeds and other Improved Technologies introduced by https://issduganda.org/ are ...Read

LSBs ELIMINATING MIDDLEMEN THROUGH WORKING IN GROUPS

Working as a group makes it easier to purchase inputs like foundation seed, fertilizers, bargaining power in terms of price, renting land among others ...Read

SKILLED LOCAL FARMERS TRANSFORM VEGETABLE GROWING ACROSS UGANDA

ISSD's Vegetable Component improves the farmers livelihoods, reported by New Vision Uganda ...Read

NEW SEED STORES TO INCREASE QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION

The 2019 Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa found that in Uganda, 30% of the seed planted by farmers are fake. ...Read

THIS SEASON 2020B, PLANT QUALITY SEEDS FOR HIGHER YIELDS

The Second season (2020B season) has started in most parts of Uganda. However, most smallholder farmers... ...Read

JUNE 2020: SEED ALERT! IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE SEED SECTOR IN UGANDA

The Seed Alerts identify the current challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read

NEW FARM PRACTICES FETCH MILLIONS FOR VEGETABLE FARMERS

Read The New Vision's Harvest Money article on ISSD's work in promoting vegetable production. ...Read

SEED ALERT! IMPACT OF COVID19 ON THE SEED SECTOR IN UGANDA

The Seed Alerts identify the current challenges caused by the COVID19 pandemic & the urgent action... ...Read

HOW DOES COVID-19 AFFECT THE SEED SECTOR?

This introductory brief outlines a collaborative effort to conduct country quick scans of... ...Read

FINCA VERDE INNOVATION PROJECT- Nutrient Film Technology

The Vegetable component prioritizes efforts towards improving food safety management... ...Read

I BOUGHT COWS FROM QUALITY DECLARED SEED BUSINESS

Takia Nuwagaba is the Chairperson of Kalyamenvu Farmers Group comprised of 22 members under... ...Read

FROM LAWYER TO VEGETABLE FARMER

While men of his age are in Courts of Law defending cases, 45-year-old George is farming. ...Read

UNIQUE CASE STUDY SHOWS ADOPTION GOOD HORTICULTURE PRACTICE IN UGANDA

While Uganda generally has a reputation for being a country where everything grows, ...Read

FARMERS PRODUCING QUALITY DECLARED SEEDS FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD

A coalition of rural farmers group advocating for seed production food security and fair ... ...Read

STORAGE FACILITIES TO BOOST LOCAL SEED PRODUCTION

Kitembe Farmers Group is located in Kitembe village, Rweikiniro sub-county in Ntungamo District. The group started in ...Read

VEGETABLE FARMING TRANSFORMS LIFE OF AN EX-CONVICT

"After 18 years of serving imprisonment in the Luzira Maximum Prison of Uganda, I had nothing left..." ...Read

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