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Arinaitwe urged women to leverage their numbers to lead practical environmental initiatives such as tree planting, which can help restore degraded ecosystems.
KABALE: As Uganda grapples with an intense heatwave, with temperatures soaring close to a record 40°C in some areas, women have been urged to take the lead in environmental protection campaigns to combat the effects of climate change.
The call was made on Thursday by Innocent Arinaitwe, an assistant lecturer in the Environment Department at Kabale University, during the launch of a new project aimed at strengthening smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change. The project, titled “Strengthening Smallholder Farmer Resilience to Climate Change Through Joint Learning, Development, and Evaluation of Contextualized Solutions,” was officially introduced at Cephas Inn Hotel in Kabale Municipality.
Spanning three years, the initiative will be implemented in the Rwenzori and Kigezi highland regions, focusing on the Mpanga River catchment in Rwenzori and the Maziba catchment in Kigezi. Kabale University will spearhead the project in collaboration with Kigezi Women in Development (KWID) and other partners.
Arinaitwe urged women to leverage their numbers to lead practical environmental initiatives such as tree planting, which can help restore degraded ecosystems.
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Florence Tumuheirwe, Team Leader at KWID, emphasized that the project aims to enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers in the Rwenzori and Kigezi highlands against climate change. She called on the public to embrace the initiative, noting that it will help address critical environmental challenges such as soil erosion, deforestation, declining water quality, and wetland degradation, issues exacerbated by climate change.
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