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The impact of the charcoal industry on Uganda’s environment should makes us despair, comments Boaz Opio. Tree fellers should use the timber for making their own coffins. Because as they cut that 100-year old Mvule, they are killing a poor tree that has been busy supplying them with good air …

By Ronald Musoke The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a multimedia awareness raising campaign on the importance of hygiene and quality in handling of fish in small scale fisheries. The drive which was prepared with the direct involvement of small scale fishers, fish traders and consumers to …

By Ronald Musoke A new study released this month by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has noted that one third or over 30% of the food produced around the world for human consumption every year –approximately 1.3 billion tonnes—gets lost or wasted. Interestingly, food wastage and loss is …