Kaganga John has spent more than 26 years helping farmers in Mityana District, Uganda restore land, plant trees, and build resilient livelihoods through the Kikandwa Environmental Association (KEA). As he turns 70 in 2026, this project helps secure the future of his life's work-supporting farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture, improve food security, and strengthen KEA's leadership for the next generation.
Climate change is making farming increasingly difficult for smallholder farmers in Mityana District, Uganda. Droughts, floods, pests, and declining soil fertility are reducing harvests and threatening food security for rural families. For more than 26 years, community leader Kaganga John has helped farmers respond to these challenges, but many farmers still lack the training and resources needed to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
Farmers and Kaganga John will roll up their sleeves and get to work. Together they'll plant thousands of fruit and indigenous trees, experiment with climate-smart farming techniques, swap knowledge with neighbors, and build savings groups that help families invest in their farms. Instead of waiting for outside solutions, farmers will test what works on their own land-growing stronger farms, stronger communities, and a future that doesn't depend on perfect weather.
The long-term impact? Thousands of trees in the ground, healthier soil, fuller dinner plates, and farmers who know how to outsmart droughts, floods, and stubborn pests. Communities will grow more food, earn more income, and restore the land they depend on. And perhaps most importantly, Kaganga John's legendary work won't retire when he does - it will keep growing, training new leaders and farmers for generations to come.
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