Dr. Deborah Ruth Amulen founded the Center for Insect Research and Development (CIRD), which has become a one-stop center for information and innovation related to the use of beneficial insects in Uganda. Since 2019, she and her team have piloted small-scale commercial black soldier fly (BSF) larvae farming as a potential replacement for more expensive and environmentally hazardous animal-protein feed ingredients. Through USAID's Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program, the team plans to train and help create 100 youth- and women-led BSF farming businesses and establish CIRD as a knowledge center for commercial BSF farming, facilitating a platform for actors along the BSF farming value chain to engage with each other. As part of the BSF farming process, the research team purchases organic waste to feed the larvae from a group of women waste sorters. The women in this group are single mothers who work in Kampala dumps to sort organic and plastic waste to sell to farmers.
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Adapting to change is of interest to all, particularly in work that previously seemed odd. For instance, from the most formal to the most informal mining sites, all actors perform the various jobs associated with the production process, with the exceptions being kiln construction, firing and loading.
In some instances, women miners are almost totally excluded on the highest-paid tasks on site. In this image, women load minerals and other construction materials.
Palabek Refugee Settlement, Northern Uganda. July 22, 2019.
Incorporating the Resilience Design and Permagarden methodologies of the USAID TOPS/SCALE program.
Mapping natural resources in Palabek refugee settlement, Northern Uganda. African Women Rising’s female agricultural staff and community mobilizers understand that long-term solutions to climate change begin in the field, working directly with refugees and farmers on the frontlines. African Women Rising works with women to create self-sustaining solutions, educating and employing a majority of women community mobilizers to lead this charge.
For more information: https://www.africanwomenrising.org/about-us/agriculture/
In Kamuli District, Uganda, children watch as local hand pump mechanics employed by Whave replace a hand pump with a new electric water pump, which will reduce the time for the community to fill up jerricans. Whave is a member of the USAID-supported Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership, a consortium of researchers and practitioners identifying solutions to the challenge of developing robust local systems capable of sustaining water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) service delivery. As climate change threatens water supplies and infrastructure in sub-saharan Africa, the need for strengthened local systems that provide reliable water services is critical. July 2018.