The initiative comes as the region experiences a population boom, partly fueled by refugee settlements, which has driven up demand for food and agricultural products. Hundreds of young people in ...

She is only 12 but Nyakim Mut is already a good cook. She has to be. She has nine younger siblings and cousins to feed.

Rural people mostly grew their own food. But in the city, the daily meal became a commodity to be bought and sold.

Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a lecturer at Makerere University, explains that inflation is largely driven by the increased circulation ...

Annual headline inflation closed the year at 3.1 percent in December 2025, driven largely by sharp increases in food prices—particularly green vegetables such as cabbages and Irish potatoes. The cost ...

Christmas in Uganda is a season of colour, music and generous food. From family feasts after church to roadside gatherings filled with roast meats, matooke, posho and sweet mandazi, the celebrations ...

Cassava whiteflies damage cassava by directly feeding on sap, causing yellowing, stunted growth and leaf drop. These pests also transmit viruses such cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown ...

Uganda's favourable demographics and resources, she said, make it well-positioned to lead its own food security agenda. "What Uganda needs now is integrated, evidence-based, nationally-owned ...

Dei Biopharma opens a $50 million cassava plant in Namasagali, Kamuli Output will supply its Matugga pharmaceutical factory and export markets Project needs 500 tons of cassava per day, raising supply ...

While Uganda has been exposed to an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events— most commonly localised flooding, leeching and mudslides associated with increased intensity of rainfall – ...

Witches’ Broom, a devastating fungal disease, has spread for the first time from Southeast Asia to Latin America, arriving in French Guiana in 2023 and has now infiltrated northern Brazil. Cassava is ...