Rose Omalango, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uganda has urged the private sector in the country to invest more in climate smart agriculture inputs that can help farmers practice Eco-based farming.

Omalango made the call today Monday 25 July, while speaking to journalists in Kampala. She said such a move will save the environment by providing a suitable atmosphere for farming and drive the economy to the desired levels.

“Many farmers across the world have time and again practiced poor agricultural methods which have in the long run degraded the environment thus causing climate change problems. We need to change this trend in Africa including Uganda in order to save our environment from destruction due to climate related problems,” she noted.

A farmer practicing modern agriculture with his tomato yields.

Omalango says today’s poor environment is a result of climate change which has ushered in a lot  hunger in many African countries  and that this still remains a challenge to most countries which then leads into insecurity.

She warned Uganda on the fast increasing population which she says is strongly and aggressively encroaching on the existing ecological features like wetlands, lakes, rivers, forests among others yet these are the features that are supposed to provide a brighter environment tomorrow for the coming generations.