Kaboha
Tumwine Daniel, a P.7 pupil at Buhinga Primary School, Fort-Portal City, has emerged as the overall winner in the 2025 National Agroecology Poem writing competitions organized by Eastern and Southern Small Scale Farmers Forum – ESAFF Uganda.
The annual Schools Agroecology Poem Writing Competition offers a platform for learners nationwide to showcase their creativity, passion, and commitment to agroecology, nature, and sustainable farming through writing and creative expression.
In the Primary School category, Daniel Tumwine from Buhinga Primary School, Fort Portal City, emerged as the overall winner in the national finals of the 3rd Edition of the Schools’ Agroecology Poem Writing Competition hosted at Namugongo, Kyoto, Les Foyers de Charite, Wakiso District.
Nalebe Daizy from Cosna Day Care and Primary School in Mityana District emerged as the 1st runner-up, while Tukamushaba Christine from Rutooma Primary School in Kabale District became the 2nd runner-up.
Parents urged to embrace agroecology
While addressing thousands of learners and teachers at the official welcome and thanksgiving for the national winner, Tumwine DANEIL AT Buhinga primary school premises on Monday, learners and parents were called upon to interrogate the practices that determine how food is grown, distributed, and consumed.
Constance Asiimwe, the head teacher of Buhinga Primary, who congratulated Tumwine Daniel, stated that, in doing so, it quietly cultivates a new generation that is not afraid to challenge the status quo of chemical-dependent farming, land degradation, and exploitative trade systems.
The headteacher said that the journey to the national finals has been cautious because the competition began with school-level contests where learners tested their writing and innovation skills against their peers. From these, the strongest voices advanced to district competitions and later to regional contests that brought together some of the brightest young talents in the country.