#Geojournalism. Mapping stories on water and environment in the #Nile River Basin. Cross-border multimedia investigative reporting.
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Innovation!!!
“Commercial Agents (CAs) transform traditional “middlemen” (traders) into trusted, commission-based services providers for smallholder farmers & agribusinesses” - @WIIGOT_Ug , @csjuganda
#WIIGOT
📱Every product has a story worth telling.
Today in Yumbe, commercial agents sharpened their mobile storytelling skills, learning how to create engaging content, showcase their products and also highlight the real impact of their work in communities.
#ClimateSmartAgriculture
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📱Every product has a story worth telling.
Today in Yumbe, commercial agents sharpened their mobile storytelling skills, learning how to create engaging content, showcase their products and also highlight the real impact of their work in communities.
#ClimateSmartAgriculture
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📱Commercial agents are becoming storytellers.
This week, we kicked off with a hands-on training session helping commercial agents in Arua District harness the power of their smartphones for content creation.
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Uganda’s environmental governance is facing a growing crisis as development projects expand across fragile ecosystems.
@MattAgaba highlights why stronger oversight & public access to environmental information matter now more than ever.
Read👉 bit.ly/4aeLA9a
📸 Jan-M.
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Community-managed forests in the DRC are under serious threat. Designed to protect biodiversity and enable sustainable management, they now face encroachment from mining operations.
Read more in this report by @JonasKiriko for @infoNILE. twp.ai/4hqlM5
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Jun 1
The second story in this series is here:infonile.org/en/2026/05/drc-…
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One of the biggest barriers for smallholder farmers isn't effort - it's access.
Access to quality production inputs. Access to essential services. Access to markets that actually pay.
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Journalists were trained on agroforestry intervention in Lango Region, supporting smallholder farmers to restore land & boost incomes through planting cocoa & shea trees, conserving shea parklands, and adopting beekeeping.
📸: @IMChallengeug
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The intervention supports smallholder farmers, including women and rural households in Northern Uganda, who face challenges such as limited access to quality seedlings, inadequate technical knowledge, soil degradation, low crop productivity, and unreliable market opportunities.
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For Commercial Agents (CA), offering quality seedlings is a valuable business opportunity. It meets growing demand for sustainable farming solutions. Tree seedlings are sold directly in the store/ordered through a catalogue held by the CA.
#WiigotMediaFieldVisit
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May 29
Over a three‑week period, CSJ with a team from @Farms4God delivered 12 #Pfumvudza Training‑of‑Trainers sessions across Northern Uganda.
477 participants reached - including farmers, government officials, media, refugees, agro‑dealers, and community leaders.
We believe climate‑resilient farming should be built at system level.
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Wiigot brings production inputs, essential services, and reliable markets closer to
farmers by working through trusted commercial agents within their communities.
#WiigotMediaFieldTraining.
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Journalists from West Nile, Acholi & Lango were oriented on #WIIGOT the ecosystem that connects smallholder farmers (SHFs) with agribusinesses via trusted Commercial Agents (CAs) & on how to report climate‑smart agriculture (CSA) in Northern Uganda with accuracy and impact.
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WIIGOT is an ecosystem that connects smallholder farmers (SHFs) with agribusinesses through trusted
intermediaries called Commercial Agents (CAs). It helps farmers access climate-smart products, services,
and off-take markets more easily and affordably.
#WIIGOTMediaTraining
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Key #WIIGOT users include:
• Smallholder farmers looking for inputs, services, or buyers of their produce.
• Agribusinesses wanting to reach rural Smallholder Farmers (SHFs).
• CAs who act as local connectors.
• Community leaders supporting adoption of modern practices
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The gap between what farmers need and what they know exists is closing and media has a role to play.
Under the WIIGOT platform that is equipping journalists across Northern Uganda with access to live demonstrations of shea butter processing @OkereCity.
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Community forests in the DRC were created to boost green revolution,& empower local people, with substantial multilateral funding. After 8 years, donor withdrawal & poor governance have led to project failures and ongoing deforestation
Read story: 👉 shorturl.at/uc8IX
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This story was produced in partnership with the @pulitzercenter’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Other collaborators include @OxCIEJ & @FbdnStories.
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Behind this investigation is careful protection. While examining mining permits, @JonasKiriko secured sensitive information and key materials through @FbdnStories’ #SafeBoxNetwork, a safeguard for investigative journalists facing risk.
#CommunityForests #DRC
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