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This briefing note examines how micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), specifically domestic seed companies, can support climate risk management (CRM) within agricultural value chains. Using a case study of Equator Seeds in northern Uganda, the document illustrates how investments in quality, climate-resilient seeds and complementary services like agronomic training can reduce the vulnerability of farmers and other value chain actors to climate hazards such as droughts.

This policy brief outlines the sensitivity of Uganda's agriculture-dependent economy to rainfall fluctuations and highlights the systemic lack of accurate, long-term meteorological data due to infrastructure and personnel deficits. It introduces a study on climate trends and projections in Bundibugyo, Gulu, and Kotido as part of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project.

This 2005 briefing describes the insurgency in northern Uganda as a 'war against children,' highlighting the LRA's systematic abduction of youth and the resulting displacement of over 1.6 million people into squalid 'protected villages.' It critiques the Ugandan government's military failures, including Operation Iron Fist I, and discusses the complex regional involvement of Sudan. The report emphasizes the collapse of health and education services in the north and the challenges of achieving peace through the International Criminal Court's warrants and local amnesty processes.

This case study examines the abduction and forced conscription of children by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Gulu District of northern Uganda, focusing on the communities of Palaro and Pabbo. It analyzes the systemic destabilization of these communities, the psychological trauma (PTSD) experienced by former child soldiers and their families, and the failures of current reintegration strategies that focus on individuals rather than the broader family and community networks.

This report analyzes the abduction and reintegration of child soldiers in Northern Uganda, specifically those forced into the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). It details the extreme violence and sexual exploitation faced by children, the role of psychosocial centres in Gulu, and the use of traditional Acholi cleansing rituals to facilitate reconciliation. The authors argue that the focus on child soldiers often masks deeper political and economic marginalization of the Acholi people by the Ugandan government.