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Tororo

	Partner farmers digging a trench for soil and water conservation.

“Because of this project A2N-Uganda has brought in this village, we will have better harvests and better soils because we are being taught how to manage our soil properly. All the members of the school have adopted the soil improvement methods like mulching, use of organic manure and others”.
– A member of Kabosa FFS in Kwapa sub-county, Tororo District.

A2N-Uganda has been working in Tororo since 1997 and is currently implementing the Soil Productivity Initiative through Research and Education/Farmer Field Schools (INSPIRE/FFS) project with support from Rockefeller Foundation and technical backstopping by FAO, and Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) project supported by Plan International Uganda.

Facts about Tororo:

Tororo is located in the Eastern region of Uganda and has 4 Counties and 55 sub-counties
Languages spoken are Japadhola, Lusamia-Lugwe, Ateso, Lugwere, Lugisu and Lunyoli
Population is estimated at 559,528 of which 90% live in rural areas as subsistence farmers
Agricultural problems like most of Eastern Uganda is sandy soil which is highly susceptible to leaching, low rainfall and over exploitation of the land resulting in declining agricultural productivity and recurrent food shortages resulting into famine
Crops grown are finger millet, rice, maize, cassava, groundnuts, sweet potatoes, sorghum, beans, Soya beans, cow peas, simsim, bananas, sunflower, cotton and vegetables
Main cash crops are cotton and vegetables such as onions