Ms. Adokorach Furwasuazi is a 25-year-old woman with a family of 4 members. She lives in Jupalai Village, Kituna Parish, Akworo Sub County, Nebbi district. Her story of change shows how onion production and collective marketing gradually moved her toward achieving her life goals. Before the intervention of the Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI), Adokorach …
Read MoreIn July 2022, Deg bedo and Dak odee farmer groups from Mucwini East in Kitgum District were supported in Farmer Market School (FMS) under the NURI programme. The groups were trained in the 14 FMS sessions and the knowledge acquired facilitated them to collectively market sesame (simsim) in January 2023. Among the training sessions; market …
Read MoreI planted 15kgs of groundnuts, part of which I received from NURI (5kgs) and part from the demonstration garden (10kgs)
Read MoreI applied CSA practices knowledge like weed control, pest management, mulching, pruning, staking and my vegetables yield was very good. I have been selling in the nearby market and getting at least UGX. 8,000/- in a day
Read MoreMy farming was characterized by poor planning and middlemen has been taking advantage of and cheating me during marketing of my produce…
Read MoreIn 2020, I employed almost all the CSA practices we were trained in, I also used all approaches possible, including timely planting, weeding and harvesting…
Read More2021 has been the best year of my farming life… I could not believe it at first and I thought the selling price would be low, but at the turn of the year, our group chairperson called us to bulk our sesame produce together because there was a buyer willing to pay 4,000/- for every kilogram.
Read MoreDuring the first planting season of 2021, Ocitti was able to plant two acres of soybean. And continued to apply all the necessary CSA practices on his garden. In the end, he harvested 956kgs of soybean grains. This brought Ocitti’s farming goal closer to being achieved. The selling price of soybean was at its highest, at UGX. 3,000/- per Kg
Read MoreGod blessed us in 2020 when the extensionist from NURI arrived in our village. Our group was selected to benefit from the program. During enterprise selection, our group chose cassava as an enterprise from which we were trained on climate smart practices
Read MoreLast year (2020), I produced 420 kgs of beans and sold 240kgs at 830,000 Ugx which added to the 900,000 Ugx I saved with the group’s VSLA totaling to 1,730,000 Ugx.
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