Embrace the wisdom of nature and keep your garden thriving with this effective, chemical-free insect repellent. Thanal AgroEcology Centre’s DIY tutorial on Bird’s Eye Chilli-Cow Urine mixture is a powerful organic pest repellent and eco-friendly solution that harnesses the combined strength of bird’s eye chilli’s spicy kick and cow urine’s protective properties, creating a potent […]
Daniel Aliddeki, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, talks about how its pig breeding project has been able to transform the livelihoods of the poor extension farmers by giving them the opportunity to create their own pigsties.
Daniel Aliddeki, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, discusses the biofertilizer production undertaken in the field learning site to address the lack of microorganisms typical in some organic fertilizers. For St. Jude’s Family Projects, biofertilizers also provides balanced soil microorganisms and through chelation makes the soil nutrients more bioavailable to the plants.
Mukembo Herbert, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, discusses the basics of coffee farming, including the different types of coffee grown in Uganda and its value chain, how it grows organic Robusta variety in its field learning site, from flowering to roasting, and the challenges faced by Uganda coffee growers.
Richard Ntabazi, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, discusses some of the basics of cattle rearing, specifically making cattle feed and biogas from the animal waste.
Jimmy Kalule, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, discusses the science of keeping bees in this brief introductory video. It covers manmade hives, optimal placement of the apiary, up to harvesting of honey.
Kabuga Experito, a trainer at St. Jude Family Projects, discusses its Banana Agronomy Project in Central Uganda, which tries to help small scale farmers improve the productivity of their banana farming. He covers the importance of banana as food in Uganda, and the production requirements and constraints.
This 10-minute documentary captures the testimonials of some of the 25 farmers and 25 market-gardeners who received a six-month practical training to become agroecology specialists at the Beer pilot farm in Niayes, Senegal. Agroecology challenged their preconceived notions and persistent narratives about conventional agriculture being better, as they saw firsthand how the quality and yield […]
Toxic chemical pollution is increasing worldwide, and among the most dangerous are Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) that cause cascades of severe and irreversible damage on the health of people, communities, and the environment. There is an urgent need to phase out HHPs. This 90-second video is part of PAN’s global campaign demanding ambitious action on […]
In this 2-minute video, PAN Latin America (RAPAL) regional director Javier Souza Casadinho provides an overview on what constitutes highly hazardous pesticides. This was produced in time for the global network’s participation at the “Fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management” as a major policy advocacy initiative to eliminate the use of HHPs […]
