On a warm November morning in Namasagali, Uganda tried to reimagine its future. President Yoweri Museveni arrived to open a ...

On the banks of the Nile in Namasagali, where small-holder cassava farmers have long battled with falling prices and ...

AgDevCo, a social impact agribusiness investor, announces a $450,000 debt investment into a Ugandan milling business, Talian Company Limited. Talian Company is a family-run milling business producing ...

A walk through the rural landscapes of Butebo, Bukedea, and Pallisa districts reveals an overwhelming presence of cassava gardens stretching across vast lands. For many households, cassava is more ...

What you need to know: UNBS cautioned traders that improper storage and handling may lead to contamination The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has warned traders and grain millers in Kasese ...

At just 17 years old, Patience Namuju is already changing lives in her community. She lives in Uganda's Karamoja region, known for its harsh, unpredictable weather and widespread food insecurity.

Climate volatility in Uganda has only a modest but detectable influence on food prices, with rainfall shortages during ...

MUKONO, Uganda Lynet Nalugo dug a cassava tuber out of her field and sliced it open. Inside its tan skin, the white flesh was riddled with necrotic brown lumps, as obviously diseased as any ...

Scientists recently demonstrated progress in protecting cassava against cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), a serious virus disease, in a confined field trial in Uganda using an RNA interference ...

New research has identified a genetic mutation that confers resistance to cassava mosaic disease (CMD). Groundbreaking research led by Rebecca Bart, PhD, associate member, and Nigel Taylor, PhD, ...