'Adag-anii means that we don't want rumours, we want to work.' Okullo Paul Peter is Managing Director of Adag-Anii Ltd, based in the the Lango sub-region of Uganda. In this chat he has a great story about how his company go its name - 'adag-anii.' He talks to us about helping farmers adapt to growing cocoa as a cash generating, environmentally responsible alternative to maize. In partnership with the Climate Smart Jobs program, the idea is to help farmers access the market by helping them at all points in the process: preparation, cultivation, harvesting, processing and selling. And the aim is pretty simple when you boil it down - to ease the poverty that many people experience on a daily basis in these regions, partly as a result of climate change. Producer: Martin Fowler Sound and Video Recordist: William Ssekiranda Video Editor: Brice Anchor Follow us; https://www.facebook.com/csjuganda https://x.com/csjuganda https://www.linkedin.com/company/95174260

Joining us in this episode are two of the key people who have been implementing the Uganda Climate Innovation Fund, Brian Ndyaguma and Tobby Ojok. The Climate Smart Jobs project developed the Uganda Climate Innovation Fund to support entrepreneurs coming up with sustainable, economically viable ways of helping local people become more resilient to the challenges of climate change in Northern Uganda, including prolonged drought, unpredictable rains, and declining soil productivity. Brian Ndyaguma is the Team Lead and Tobby Ojok an Agribusiness Specialist. Together they offer valuable insights into how the fund was established, and the problems which it has been designed to address. Producer: Martin Fowler Sound and Video Recordist: William Ssekiranda Video Editor: Brice Anchor Follow us; https://www.facebook.com/csjuganda https://x.com/csjuganda https://www.linkedin.com/company/95174260

Farmers in northern Uganda face many obstacles to success in the face of climate change. Shifting climatic patterns make planning extremely difficult, and access to markets and services is often inconsistent and beset with problems. The Climate Smart Jobs Project - the organisation behind this podcast - exists to design innovative ways of tackling these difficulties. Mathew Rupanga is the Team Leader of the Climate Smart Jobs Project, and he joins us in this episode to talk through the many ways the project is providing smallholder farmers with accessible, sustainable, and long-lasting solutions. Producer: Martin Fowler Sound and Video Recordist: William Ssekiranda Video Editor: Brice Anchor Follow us; https://www.facebook.com/csjuganda https://x.com/csjuganda https://www.linkedin.com/company/95174260

Okullo Paul Peter is Managing Director of Adag-Anii Ltd, based in the the Lango sub-region of Uganda. In this chat, he has a great story about how his company got its name - 'adag-anii.' He talks to us about helping farmers adapt to growing cocoa as a cash-generating, environmentally responsible alternative to maize. In partnership with the Climate Smart Jobs program, the idea is to help farmers access the market by helping them at all points in the process: preparation, cultivation, harvesting, processing and selling. And the aim is pretty simple when you boil it down - to ease the poverty that many people experience on a daily basis in these regions, partly as a result of climate change. Producer: Martin Fowler Sound and Video Recordist: William Ssekiranda Video Editor: Brice Anchor Follow us; https://www.facebook.com/csjuganda https://x.com/csjuganda https://www.linkedin.com/company/95174260