By Peruth Atukwatse Today, 16th October 2025 the World Food Day is being celebrated under the theme, “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”. While this event is ongoing, it is important to have an honest reflection on the current food systems. One of the debates we […]
AIBIS and the Agency for Integrated Rural Development (AFIRD) have agreed to collaborate closely in doing work in the fields of permaculture and agroecology. In a meeting held at the AFIRD Offices in Nkowe between the AIBIS Executive Director Allan Kalangi and the AFIRD Executive Director Eustace Sajjabi it was […]
The AIBIS nine-member Board of Directors was inaugurated on Saturday, 20th September 2025. The Board headed by Prof. Adolf Mbaine, the Vice Chancellor of Divine International University (DIU) in Fort portal will serve for three years. The inauguration ceremony was held at the AIBIS head office in Masodde-Kalagi Town Council […]
The African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS) has launched an International Volunteer Programme (IVP) in the fields of biodiversity conservation, agroecology and climate justice. Allan Kalangi, the AIBIS Executive Director has said that the programme is aimed at giving students, activists, conservationists and agroecologists an opportunity to have practical […]
Mr. Bashir Hangi, the head of Communications and Public Relations at the Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) has been appointed to the nine-member Board of Directors of the African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS). Mr. Hangi will serve for three years at the Board headed by Prof. Adolf Mbaine, […]
The African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS), has embarked on an exercise of identifying and documenting all the plant species (taxonomy) on its reserved conservation area in Kiranganzi and Kigoma villages in Kyankwanzi District. The Executive Director Allan Kalangi said that the taxonomy/plant catalogue exercise is aimed Identifying and […]
The African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS) has appointed Prof. Adolf Mbaine as its Board Chaiman. Prof. Mbaine, the current Vice Chancellor of Divine International University (DIU) in Fort-Portal City was appointed Chairman by the AIBIS Board of Directors in a meeting held in Kiboga Town on 22nd May 2025. […]
On 30th and 31st of July, 2024, AIBIS participated in a training organized by planetGold Uganda together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) that took place at Golden Tulip in Kampala. The training was aimed at equipping stakeholders with knowledge on conducting gender impact assessment for especially policies and […]
The Executive Director of the African Institute for Culture and Ecology (AFRICE), Mr. Dennis Tabaro last week visited AIBIS where he shared important knowledge on agroecology with the host team. Tabaro was received at the AIBIS offices by his counterpart, Allan Kalangi. After having discussions on the shared visions of […]
The Executive Director of the African Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (AIBIS), Allan Kalangi, has advised journalists to invest in ventures that can give them an alternative source of income. He singled out agriculture as a field that journalists can try out because of the many advantages associated with it. […]