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

Sometimes, it means knowledge applied skillfully and collaboratively to shape the land and secure a future for those who ...

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called on religious leaders in the Kigezi sub-region to take a frontline role in promoting modern farming practices, saying their influence is crucial ...

As Uganda’s National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) at Namulonge marks 75 years of transforming agriculture, the story of its journey is deeply rooted in science, innovation, and ...

To say that it takes a village to raise a child is as true in an African village as it is in an American town. Especially if the children are orphans without hope of even a high school education. No ...

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 ...

My great passion these days is agroecology. After my training in organic agriculture and business, I began collaborating with Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development Network, Catholic Relief ...

My friend, Maria Baryamujura, well known to my readers over her work at COBATI, the Community Based Tourism Initiative and Ashoka Fellow, more recently tried to get me to come with her to visit the Ns ...

WOBULENZI, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...

* 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 ...