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Christine Nabwami Föreläsare

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34. Just Transition in our Food System: Food is a Human right

Torsdag 14 november 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CET Scen 2

La Via Campesina, (ESAFF) in Uganda

We Want Justice and Democratizing Food Systems

Fredag 15 november 2024 11:00 - 11:25 CET Rosa scenen

La Via Campesina (ESAFF) in Uganda

Personlig presentation
Nabwami Christine is a Small Scale Farmer from Mityana District who has passion for community development with farming as her major source of livelihood. She believes in sustainable agroecological farming and serves as a District farmer leader and the Regional Chairperson of the Farming Community in Central Uganda.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management and a Diploma in Entrepreneurship Development for Small Business Holders, Christine is also a Trainer of Trainees in Enterprise Development for small business start-ups, knowledge which has enabled her to train other family farmers, especially youth and women.

She has over the years appreciated the role of agriculture in community development as she was raised in a farming community. She is acquainted with the struggles and challenges that farmers face as they work to feed their families and also feed the rest of the community. She is therefore quick to notice the interventions and innovations that answer the questions and challenges faced by small-scale farmers and always embraces networks that are beneficial in that regard.

She envisions a community where every individual has access to healthy nutritious food, is living healthy, and with freedom of expression and a voice.

As a small scale farmer and farmer leader recognizing the limitations and detrimental impacts of industrialised agriculture, she envisage and emphasize agro ecology as a transformative approach aligning ecological principles and also encouraging a holistic and people centric model that fosters resilience, biodiversity and sustainability.

Advocating for the active participation of local communities particularly farmers in decision making processes stressing the need for community driven initiatives and bottom-up approaches. In the context she actively and through practice support the transition to agroecology including the provision of incentives to farmers as adaptation strategies, capacity building programs and the intergration of agroecology into national, international and global agricultural policies and frameworks.

Making new friends and learning new things, traveling to new places, and meeting new people are my hobbies. A rising leader with a significant voice who believes that “we learn and unlearn and evolve” with changing times.