Category: ENTERPRISES

Power in Enterprise: A Manual to Strengthen the Internal Governance of Community-Based Enterprise Organizations

Published jointly by CARE, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, and Oxfam in December 2011 is a manual to strengthen internal governance of community-based enterprise organizations. Foreward: The empowerment of local actors and institutions is a cornerstone of social and economic development. Decades of experience have taught us solid lessons. One of these is that if [...]

Wednesday January 11th, 2012 in Civil Society Empowerment, ENTERPRISES, Organization strengthening, REGIONAL | No Comments »

EEEGL Technical Briefs

The EEEGL Project has intervened in a number of areas in Uganda and Rwanda, working at multiple levels and sectors to improve enterprise, environment and equity in areas around the mountain gorilla parks. The following technical briefs have been developed and can be viewed or downloaded from this page. Also view the EEEGL Documents page [...]

Friday December 16th, 2011 in Agriculture value chains, Civil Society Empowerment, ENTERPRISES, Learning and Policy Analysis, Natural Resource Management, Organization strengthening, Rain water harvesting, UGANDA, Village saving and loan associations | No Comments »

Providing safe water to communities around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda

Water is one of the most basic necessities of life, but something that many people struggle to find within the Virunga Landscape. Annual rainfall is plentiful but water sources are rare due to the volcanic geology that either forces rainwater to quickly runoff or infiltrate deeply. The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), as part of [...]

Monday October 10th, 2011 in Organization strengthening, Participation in local development, Rain water harvesting, RWANDA, UGANDA, Village saving and loan associations, Water resource management | No Comments »

Propagating both seed potatoes and farmer-to-farmer training

A potato crop is only as good as the seed potatoes that it was started with. In most cases in the Great Lakes region, the seed potatoes are, unfortunately, of poor quality and already harboring diseases such as late blight and bacterial wilt. In a previous post, we informed you of efforts being made by [...]

Wednesday June 29th, 2011 in Agriculture value chains, ENTERPRISES, UGANDA | No Comments »

Mushroom Trade Fair for sustainable market linkages

Technical ability to grow mushrooms is only one part of the enterprise equation. Where can I find quality spores? Who are my competitors? How should I package them? Where do I sell them? These are the types of questions that were answered for over 130 farmers, representing 25 associations and cooperatives that attended the EEEGL [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in Agriculture value chains, ENTERPRISES, RWANDA | No Comments »

Enterprises at the grassroots: dealing with internal governance

The EEEGL programme supports community-based organizations or enterprises (we call them often enterprise CBOs or ECBOs) to deliver social, economic and environmental goods. Our strategy relies on identifying development opportunities, nurturing local actors and linking these enterprises to local, regional and national markets. The impact of these initiatives depends on a number of factors, including [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in Agriculture value chains, Civil Society Empowerment, Ecotourism, ENTERPRISES, Learning and Policy Analysis, Organization strengthening, REGIONAL | No Comments »

Boosting potato production around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

To enhance high quality productivity of potatoes in Kabale District, EEEGL and the Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (KAZARDI) have partnered to strengthen the capacity of the Uganda National Seed Potato Producers Association (UNSPPA).

Wednesday October 6th, 2010 in Agriculture value chains, ENTERPRISES, UGANDA | 1 Comment »

Bringing Virunga honey to markets

The beekeeping community in Kanungu District, with support from the EEEGL project, is to launch a company to help the growth of its upcoming honey industry.

Wednesday October 6th, 2010 in Agriculture value chains, ENTERPRISES, UGANDA | No Comments »

Mushroom enterprise around Volcanoes National Park

We have established a mushroom enterprise among poor farmers around Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. We have carried out farmers extension support cycles and are observing strong interest and real potential for growth.

Saturday October 2nd, 2010 in Agriculture value chains, ENTERPRISES, RWANDA | No Comments »