Studies show that in the past 30 years, only about 5% of investments in agricultural research and education has been directed towards preventing postharvest losses (PHLs) in Africa.

Uganda’s largest employer is the agriculture sector, which provides livelihoods for up to 70% of the country’s working population. The sector contributes up to 22% of GDP and 34% of export earnings. The country’s national development blueprint, the 3rd National Development Plan (NDP3), a derivative of the vision 2040, underscores the agriculture sector as the critical pathway to enhance the productivity of Uganda’s economies to middle-income status.

COVID-19 has become an unprecedented and unpredictable global crisis. On 21st March 2020, Uganda reported its first COVID-19 case and this triggered its first lockdown. According to Daily Monitor on June 18, 2021, President Museveni ordered a 42 day lockdown to reduce the rising cases of COVID-19 as the country experienced the second wave of the pandemic1.

Women constitute approximately 50 percent of the agricultural work force in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet they manage plots that are 20 to 30 percent less productive on average. The country-specific extent and determinants of this gender gap are of major importance as a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss1.

Globally more than 2.6 billion people still lack access to clean cooking, and household air pollution, primarily from cooking smoke, is responsible for roughly 2.5 million premature deaths each year1. In the past, progress has been very limited compared to electricity access.

This manual is intended for use in upscaling application of Ecosystems Based Adaptation (EBA) in a market driven approach in Uganda and many other African countries. As such, four fundamental aspects have guided its development.

TRAINING REPORT ON THE PRODUCTION OF FUEL BRIQUETTES 

A Youth Training aimed on reducing the pressure of deforestation and promoting  ClimateActionPreneurship for Youth of Ghana to drive Climate Action 

Ghana, 2020 

Trainer: Simeon Akikayo (Innovative Volunteerism Actor, Nigeria) Institution: EBAPreneur Solutions, Ghana