Farmers become editors: what next?

Farmers become editors: what next?

by | May 23, 2016

We’ve found that participatory videos are a powerful way to include marginalized voices in development discourse. But we know what you’re thinking. What happens next? When we started out, our aim was to include farmers’ voices in land and soil management-related...
Co-operative leadership in Uganda

Co-operative leadership in Uganda

by | May 17, 2016

The CIAT Uganda team just concluded a “Cooperative Leadership Event” in Kampala-Kawanda, Uganda. The event, which took place between the 3rd and 6th of May, was the largest gathering of agricultural cooperatives and farmer organizations in Uganda. In...
Context, conflict and climate change

Context, conflict and climate change

by | May 17, 2016

By Wendy Okolo, and Kelvin Shikuku The area of Nwoya district, Northern Uganda, was wracked by civil war for two decades. Today, the area is highly vulnerable to climate change, as farmers rely on low-productivity subsistence crops such as sesame, sorghum or beans....
Could “magic beans” help ease Malawi’s maize woes?

Could “magic beans” help ease Malawi’s maize woes?

by | May 12, 2016

Whichever way you drive into or out of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, maize is everywhere. It flanks the roadsides for miles and miles; huge, undulating expanses disappear into the distance. You’d be forgiven for thinking the country was preparing for a bumper...

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