Kampala, UGANDA, Dec. 3, 2024 – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has launched its Market Linkages for Livelihoods and Land Restoration (M4R) project. Funded by the UK government, the project aims to incentivize smallholder farmers and private sector businesses to invest in land restoration initiatives. It is targeting 60,000 smallholder …
Read More »UGANDA: Private sector to fund massive land restoration
✳ Land restoration project set for 36 districts in Karamoja, Mount Elgon and SW Uganda ✳ 350,000 farming households to be more climate resilient ✳ Initiative is to see Uganda restore 560,000 hectares of land ✳ Target is to raise the forest cover in Uganda from 13% – 15% by the year …
Read More »ICT empowers local population
Catholic Relief Services has worked in Uganda since 1965 in agriculture, microfinance and agriculture sectors, among others. Country Representative, Niek de Goeij, spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about their efforts to promote ICT for development. First, recently you held a three-day international conference on ICT4D in Kampala. How significance …
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