Uganda plans to increase the value of its processed agricultural exports to $20 billion annually by the year 2040, an ...

RWAMWANJA, Uganda – At home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, police reservist Kwizera Gasigwa farmed cassava and maize for his family to eat and to sell, to help his meagre income stretch a ...

With the extreme climatic conditions of drought, floods and their devastating effects including hunger and increased levels ...

Experts are urging the government to phase out these chemicals and strengthen regulation to protect citizens and the ...

Outgoing Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko, has called for strategic investment in Uganda's agricultural and industrial sectors while urging more direct communication between ...

GULU, Uganda - For nearly two decades, the Lord's Resistance Army stalked the grasslands of north Uganda, abducting children as soldiers and sex slaves in its war against the government. Now at peace, ...

When the Miss Uganda contestants arrived at this sprawling farm outside Kampala, they quickly realized their high-heels would not be useful. So they put on gumboots and strutted awkwardly as they took ...

What you need to know: The day African countries view farming as a strategic industry rather than a subsistence activity, everything will change. We must move from talking about potential to realising ...

She speaks with a calmness that feels earned, the kind that comes from years of learning the rhythm of land, animals, and ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Agriculture is arguably the most important sector of the Ugandan economy. Records from the ...

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