{"id":3136,"date":"2025-11-07T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:03:55","slug":"umu-at-the-3rd-annual-farmers-retreat-olusiisira-lwabalimi-buikwe-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/umu-at-the-3rd-annual-farmers-retreat-olusiisira-lwabalimi-buikwe-district\/","title":{"rendered":"UMU at  the 3rd Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi)\u2014Buikwe District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi) has steadily grown into a cornerstone event for Uganda\u2019s agricultural sector\u2014bringing together farmers, agripreneurs, researchers, and development partners to exchange ideas, innovations, and practices that strengthen sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3153\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7160.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7160.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7160-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7160-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7160-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Organized by KAM Farm Limited in partnership with UYDNET \u2013 Buikwe, this year\u2019s 3rd Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat is scheduled for 6th to 9th November 2025 at Kizigo Village, Buikwe District, under the theme:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding resilient farmer networks for healthy soils, healthy food, and livelihood security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3147\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7166.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7166.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7166-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7166-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7166-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 2,000 participants are expected, including youth, smallholder farmers, cooperatives, agribusiness enterprises, and academia from Uganda and across the region. The retreat will feature sessions on pumpkin, coffee, and banana farming, indigenous food systems, urban farming, agro-ecology, value addition, market linkages, and agro-financing.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) is proud to be part of this year\u2019s retreat, continuing its strong commitment to advancing agricultural education, research, and farmer empowerment. Through its research initiatives and academic programmes, UMU has contributed significantly to the development of farmer knowledge systems, the promotion of agro-ecological practices, and the publication of numerous academic journals that inform policy and practice in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3137\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7176.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7176-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7176-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7176-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s Faculty of Agriculture \u00a0has particularly championed research that bridges the gap between science and smallholder farming realities. UMU\u2019s scholars have published studies on sustainable food systems, soil health, climate-smart farming, and value chain development, which have guided both community training and national agricultural discussions.<\/p>\n<p>By participating in the Farmers\u2019 Retreat, UMU seeks to strengthen collaborations with farmer networks and development partners, promote knowledge exchange between academia and the field, and demonstrate how research can be translated into practical, scalable solutions for rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>UMU\u2019s involvement in the Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat reinforces its broader mission of forming competent and ethical professionals who contribute to community transformation. The University believes that empowering farmers with research-based knowledge and innovation is vital to achieving food security, climate resilience, and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3150\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7163.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7163.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7163-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7163-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7163-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the Farmers\u2019 Retreat continues to inspire agricultural excellence across Uganda, UMU stands as a proud partner and contributor to the ongoing transformation of the sector through research, education, and practical community engagement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3154\" src=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7159.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7159.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7159-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7159-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7159-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi) has steadily grown into a cornerstone event for Uganda\u2019s agricultural sector\u2014bringing together farmers, agripreneurs, researchers, and development partners to exchange ideas, innovations, and practices that strengthen sustainable food systems. Organized by KAM Farm Limited in partnership with UYDNET \u2013 Buikwe, this year\u2019s 3rd Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat is scheduled for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-umu-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UMU at the 3rd Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi)\u2014Buikwe District - Uganda Martrys University News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UMU at the 3rd Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi)\u2014Buikwe District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Annual Farmers\u2019 Retreat (Olusiisira Lw\u2019Abalimi) has steadily grown into a cornerstone event for Uganda\u2019s agricultural sector\u2014bringing together farmers, agripreneurs, researchers, and development partners to exchange ideas, innovations, and practices that strengthen sustainable food systems. 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