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Viewpoint: Uganda drags its feet while other African countries begin embracing genetic revolution in food and farming
It is still a mystery why it has taken so long for agriculture in Uganda to have a clear regulatory ...
Uganda’s challenge: Climate change, crop disease and pests are crippling agriculture. Here’s why new solutions are so desperately needed
Climate change has come along with incurable crop diseases and insurmountable pests and our main cash and food crops are ...
Orange-colored bananas? New variety packed with 10x the vitamin A developed in Uganda provides essential nutrients for children and pregnant women – if approved
Research has shown promising results, with the transgenic banana variety having 100 percent vitamin A content. The fortified variety has ...
Viewpoint: Ordinary African farmers should not be blocked from technologically-advanced agricultural solutions helping the rest of the world
Besides the long drought making food production difficult there are crop pests and diseases that are steadily wiping out staple ...
With 40 percent of seeds in Uganda counterfeit, farmers struggle to increase yields
Farmers in [the] Lango, Teso and Karamoja sub-regions [in Uganda] have expressed concern over counterfeit seeds that are widely available ...