Sustainable Agriculture Advancement Initiative - Saadin

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Operation Wealth Creation Improvement of household incomes for poverty eradication, wealth creation and overall prosperity of Ugandans through facilitation of sustainable commercial agricultural production

http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1460640/kenya-bans-plastic-bags-bid-fight-pollution

Kenya bans plastic bags in bid to fight pollution Dozens of countries have either restricted, banned outright or imposed levies for the use of plastic bags

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee4-Sh5cy5I

The Army Worms March!!! Army worms can decimate a bed of seedlings. Take a look at the video for how to find them and the tell-tale signs that a caterpillar is turning your vegetabl...

https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/armyworm-control/

How to Get Rid of Armyworms | Planet Natural This garden pest gets its name because it travels in small insect armies and consumes most everything in its path. Here's how to get rid of armyworms organically.

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6 ways indigenous peoples are helping the world achieve #ZeroHunger Constituting only 5 percent of the world population, indigenous peoples nevertheless are vital stewards of the environment. Traditional indigenous territories encompass 22 percent of the world’s land surface, but 80 percent of the planet’s biodiversity.

Hullo. We would like to thank for your determination to rid mankind of hunger. This endeavour has been increasingly challenging but many of you have weathered the storm. Keep it up.

NEWS
There will be a Pig production and Marketing Workshop at Matugga on December 2nd and 3rd. There is a fee attached. We can give you details though we are NOT part of the arrangement nor responsible for any problems that may be involved.

Mobilising Parents of Namalere Primary School for a water project.

MARCH 22 - WORLD WATER DAY

“If the well can’t be protected, at least keep it tidy and respect it,” the residents of Vuluga Locality in Buikwe Town Council, Buikwe District, seem to say. SAADIN found this the cleanest well of all 9 wells we visited at random in Buikwe Town Council and Buikwe Rural Sub County in January 2015.

March 21st is World Forestry Day. What have you done? What have you prepared to do? Reach out for more on this topic at http://www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests/en/ . You may also watch the video at http://www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/en/?uid=11001 or visit www.facebook.com/50milliontrees or www.facebook.com/greening.uganda

Thank you, SNV

SNV Uganda | SNV World SNV started working in Uganda in 1989. Our advisors work from our area offices in Kampala, Mbale, Fort Portal and Arua. We believe sustainable development is about building capacities and learning from each other, which goes beyond helping people. Our role is to bring together parties that would not…

Partnering with journalists recently to promote Human Rights. SAADIN's ED John Nsega (extreme left) and the President of Busoga Media Network Moses Lwokyaza (wearing a dark blue coat) give a donation of Human Rights text books to Kampala University Jinja Campus' Mass Communication students. Receiving the books is the university's Human Rights Chairman Juma Gabula. Tallest is Kampala University Director Richard Kaberuka.

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Rural Transformation, Key to Sautainable development - OXFAM's Winnie Byanyima

Rural transformation: Key to sustainable development | Oxfam International Blogs 2015 represents a juncture for development. The process of defining new Sustainable Development Goals provides an opportunity to refocus policies, investments and partnerships for more inclusive, sustainable and people-centered development.

Church Founded Secondary School in Jinja District badly in need of a borehole. "The students at times wake up at 4 am to look for scarce water," says the Church Pastor/administrator, name reserved. "And yet getting up that early is not necessarily a guarantee that they will not find a crowd of villagers already lined up at the only borehole down the hill."

SAADIN's Engineer at a Biogas Toilet Construction Site at Namutumba. We welcome initiatives to partner with us in Biogas Toilet construction within the region

One of SAADIN's Directors Mr. Ntale caught up in the thick of an impassable Road in Nsenya Village, Luwayo Parish, Kawolo Sub-County in Buikwe District as he makes a survey of sanitation needs of the farmers and peasants in the area. Photo Copyright (C) SAADIN

AFRICA FOOD SHORTAGES "DUE TO POOR SOILS"

"A new report published by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa shows poor farming practices has led to poor soil fertility...."Voice of America.

More here: http://www.voanews.com/content/africa-food-shortages-blamed-on-poor-soils/2443844.html

Africa Food Shortages Blamed on Poor Soils A new report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) says that while farmers in many parts of the world regularly harvest up to five tons of maize per hectare, those in Africa harves...

We have now embarked on handling sanitation and water needs among farmers in Buikwe and Jinja Districts. Please report emergency-intervention needs in Jinja and Buikwe Districts to us by email, [email protected] or post them here. Photo: Pre-schooling children collecting drinking water in a mineral water container at Muguluka P. S. Photo Copyright (C) SAADIN

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE WILL TRANSFORM BUSOGA - MUSEVENI.

Museveni reportedly advised that....... “the commercialization of agriculture is what Busoga needs to attain financial stability. However, crops such as maize and sugarcane can yield highly only if done on a large scale.”

He is said to have gone on to advise the women to adopt the seven-acre method of agriculture in order to ensure better and higher profits from their varied activities even for those who have small pieces of land.

"The NRM leader cited projects such as ......poultry, dairy cows, pasture/fodder, fruits, colonal coffee and food crops like matooke (bananas) and cassava that can be grown together on the same piece of land." ....... The New Vision. More at http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/658345-museveni-commercial-agriculture-will-transform-busoga.html

SPEED UP LAW ON ANIMAL FEEDS - PARLIAMENT TOLD.

"The bill once passed into law will punish any person who engages in the manufacture, distribution, storage or sale of animal feed or feeds ingredients without first being registered in accordance with the provisions of the Act...." More at http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/658257-parliament-told-to-speed-up-law-on-animal-feeds.html

Government has proposed taxes on agricultural inputs. Is this realistic? What do you think?

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Everything happens for a reason!

A STEP HIGHER

Sustainable Agriculture Advancement Initiative SAADIN can now be followed on Twitter. Just type in "saadinagric" and you are done!!! See you there..... Tweeting like a pro!

ENVIRONMENTAL MISMANAGEMENT: THE CONSEQUENCES

“You were hit by a bomb caused by our own river” President Museveni.

River Nyamwamba in Kasese District has sounded yet another warning to Ugandans.
Her banks burst wide in Bukonzo, Kyarumba, Kyondo and Kisinga areas early May 2014, prompting environmentalists to cry out against environmental degradation.
President Yoweri Museveni visited the area and said this was a warning to the locals for their mismanagement of the environment. “You were hit by a bomb caused by our own river” he said.
Four people died in the floods and scores were injured while 665 households were displaced. Bulembia Primary school, a government facility (photographed) was razed to the ground. (Photo courtesy of Presidential Press Unit).
The banks of the river have been left unmanaged while there has been drastic deforestation.
Several landslides have devastated Bududa Hills in Eastern Uganda in the recent years leading to deaths and displacement.

Post Harvest loss: On track?

New Innovations to Reduce Harvest Loss in Africa : The Rockefeller Foundation FAST FACTSApproximately one-third of food grown across the world never reaches the plates of idea: hand-held radios in

Here's the challenge........

What kind of NGO/Non-Profit is most needed in your community? Why?

-Health care
-Education
-Human Rights
-Share your own!

SAADIN EXTENDS HER SERVICES TO JINJA DISTRICT

We are glad to announce that we have now extended our services to Jinja District, particularly Buwenge Rural Sub County. In that respect we shall soon embark on an unprecedented set of baseline surveys. The findings will help us gauge how best to relate to our farmers and other stake holders. We welcome people and organisations that can work with us.

SAADIN. Me and you, for us all.

QUIZ GOES VIRAL

A frustrated father posted a subtraction problem from his second-grade son’s math quiz on Facebook this week with a note to the teacher calling it ridiculous.....

The problem asks how Jack, a fictional student, miscalculated when he used a number line to find the answer to the subtraction problem 427 – 316. Students are then asked to write a letter to Jack explaining what he did right and what he did wrong.

More at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/viral-common-core-homework_n_5049829.html