Protecting the wetlands in Uganda

Climate change has ambushed the coffee plantations of Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union (ACPCU)  in south west Uganda. Effects of climate change Drought is a big problem – if the coffee tree does not get sufficient moisture the young beans fall off at an early stage of their development. Lack of rain has also destroyed wetlands across western Uganda, which is vitally important to the region’s ecosystem...

Tree seedling nurseries in Uganda

A new report by climate scientists at the Colombia-based International Centre for Tropical Agriculture shows that if average temperatures rise by an expected 2.3 degrees Celsius by the middle of the century, some of Uganda’s most lucrative tea producing areas could be completely wiped off the map. Such an eventuality would be a catastrophe for the farmers of Mabale Tea Growers Factory and the bigger region, where...