IRITHE - Supporting changes in agricultural practices to preserve biodiversity in Uganda's Kibale National Park
Partners
Main goals
The project supports the objectives of the FoFauPopU project, implemented by the Natural History Museum to reduce human-wildlife conflicts around Kibale Park in Uganda. The wildlife is currently under threat from poaching and the use of chemicals, which, according to studies carried out by Sabrina Krief and her teams, are causing facial deformities in chimpanzees. At the same time, the fall in the price of tea, the main cash crop in the area, is making the rural economy more precarious and increasing the potential pressure on wildlife. The aim of this project is to improve farmers‘ incomes while reducing the use of pesticides in order to help conserve biodiversity, by providing agricultural support for both cash crops and food crops'.
Specific objectives
SO1. Improve family farming incomes around Kibale Park.
SO2. Reduce the use of chemicals.
SO3. Support the rehabilitation and organic transition of tea plots.
Tea plantation and marshland
Peasant agroecology
Typical hillsides of tea and food crops
Related people
Ali Hatimy
Agronomist graduated from AgroParisTech and a dual degree from Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs, Master in International Development - he brings his expertise on agricultural value chains (cocoa, cashew nuts, hazelnuts), on agricultural advice, agroforestry and local agro-food processing. Multilingual (French, English, Moroccan and literary Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish), he also has an expertise on the geopolitical contexts and agricultural policies of North Africa and the Middle East: Morocco and Turkey in particular
Noémie Rullier
Holder of an Engineering diploma in Agronomy, specializing in Sustainable agricultural & Agri-Food systems for the South, from Montpellier SupAgro- Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC), she brings her expertise to support technical changes and development processes in rural area; to support farm advisory, training engineering and plant biology research
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Cédric Rabany
Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets
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John Bosco
He holds a master's degree in climate change and food security from Bishop Stuart University in Uganda. John Bosco has ten years' experience as a technician in regional agricultural development agencies around Kibale Park and in managing tea plantation production
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