Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi - Episodes Tagged with “Csj”

Episode 50: Growing Cocoa - A Ugandan Farmer's Testimony

Josephine Karungi — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200

A example of how the Climate Smart Jobs Program is having a positive impact, through the lens of Mme Milly Akello's experience in northern Uganda. Following on from our previous episode, ecosystems specialist Solomon Etany joins me in the studio to share the background to Mme Akello's story, and she tells us herself, with real passion and commitment, how the increasing cultivation of cocoa alongside traditional crops can enable farmers to make a better living.

We also talk to Moses Ayena for an overview of cocoa and coffee growing in the region, and the economic opportunities it represents.

The programs dicsussed in the episode are funded and run by the Climate Smart Jobs Initiative. If you'd like to find out more, go to https://www.csj.co.ug/

Special thanks to this week's guests Moses Ayena, Milly Akello and Solomon Etany. And thanks to you for listening - see you next time.

Josephine

Episode 47: CTU Extra - My Full Conversation with Halima Nalunkuma

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200

This is the story of how Halima Nalunkuma decided to become a provider of agricultural materials - and knowledge - to farmers. And how she's now working with refugeee communities to encourage minimal tilling agricultural methods, leading to improved yields and increased economic wellbeing in those communities. And crucially, improving their resilience in the face of climate change.

Halima Nalunkuma is Director of Kiryandongo Agro Input Center Limited. She's a great talker, equal parts inspiring, thoughtful and insighful, and as she mentions in our chat, she received support from the Climate Smart Jobs Initiative. It supports '...sustainable solutions for Ugandan smallholder farmers to respond to climate change.' You can find out more about the Climate Smart Jobs programme here:

https://csj.co.ug/

Climate Smart Jobs is also the funder of this podcast. Thanks to Halima Nalunkuma for being so generous with her time and knowledge. Drop us a line any time - climatetalkpod@gmail.com

Thanks for listening and see you next time -

Josephine

Episode 46: Pfumvudaza In Action - Halima Nalunkuma in Kiryandongo

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200

Sometimes life happens while you're busy making other plans. Halima Nalunkuma wanted to be a banker and to 'wear shoes with pointy heels.' But while in Kiryandongo she saw an opportunity and grabbed it with both hands. This is the story of how she's now working with refugeee communities to encourage minimal tilling agricultural methods, leading to improved yields and increased economic wellbeing in those communities. And crucially, improving their resilience in the face of climate change.

https://csj.co.ug/

Climate Smart Jobs is also the funder of this podcast. Thanks to Halima Nalunkuma for being so generous with her time and knowledge. Drop us a line any time - climatetalkpod@gmail.com

Thanks for listening and see you next time -

Josephine

Episode 44: Farming, Business and Climate Change

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0200

To enable smallholder farmers to become resilient to climate change, they must be encouraged to view farming as a business. That's the key thrust of the argument put forth by Hon Chance Kabaghe in this episode of Climate Talk Uganda.

While visiting Uganda as a guest of the Climate Smart Jobs Initiative, Hon Chance Kabaghe's draws on his experience as an agricultural economist, large scale farmer, businessman, politician and academic. Amongst many roles, he is a former Minister for Agriculture in Zambia, and currently serves as Chairman of Seed Co Zambia, Seed Co East Africa, and Chairman of United Capital Fertiliser. He is also the founder and first Executive Director of the Food Reserve Agency of Zambia.

You can read more about his achievements here:
https://www.anapri.net/mr-chance-kabaghe/

And you can find out more about the Climate Smart Jobs Initiative here:
https://csj.co.ug/

This was a very stimulating and thought-provoking conversation. Sincere thanks to Hon Chance Kabaghe for taking the time to make it happen. And thanks to you all for listening. Drop us a line any time: climatetalkpod@gmail.com - and see you next time.

Josephine

Episode 33: 'Climate change is not about COP...it's about our families. '

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0200

Veteran journalist Samuel Ssettumba explains why informed, dedicated climate change coverage matters in 2025. The Nation Media Group now has a dedicated Climate Change Desk. He gives us an inside perspective on why that's a huge step forward for Uganda: making climate change reporting a priority and explaining it in ways that will make sense to Ugandans as they think about their everyday lives. We talk about the impacts of climate change on people and how they live; communicating those impacts to different communities; and presenting complex issues in ways that show that climate change is not abstract - it's about people: 'My mother, my grandfather.'

The Nation Media Group's Climate Change Desk was established in partnership with the parent organisation of this podcast, the Climate Smart Jobs Project.

You can find out more about the Nation Media Group here:
https://www.nationmedia.com/

And you can find the Climate Smart Jobs project here:
https://csj.co.ug/

Thanks so much to Samual Ssettumba for joining us for this episode.
Drop us a line any time at climatetalkpod@gmail.com
And we'll see you next time.