Traditional practices reinforce Ugandan farmers' capacities to respond to shocks

摘要

The role that local innovation and traditional practices played in building the resilience of small-scale farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic was explored by the Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) with support from the Open Society Initiativefor East Africa. Members of the Prolinnova-Uganda network - and especially Daudi Ssentongo as a staff member of UNFFE - found this activity to be well aligned with their goals. From November 2020 to December 2022, a series of regional dialogues were held by UNFFE members to identify and document so-called home-grown approaches that farming community members had adopted during the pandemic.