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 ...

Vanilla is not new to Atuhaire. She grew up in a farming family where the crop was both opportunity and anxiety ...

Food and Agriculture Unit, which delivers value chain financing tailored to crop cycles, livestock production 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 ...

What you need to know: Sweden backs youth involvement in Uganda coffee cooperatives. The government of Sweden has committed €360,000 (about Shs1.5 billion) to support youth participation in Uganda’s ...

Uganda has unveiled a renewed drive to make farming more climate-smart, with government agencies, researchers, and development partners pledging to harmonize efforts to help farmers withstand ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has intensified efforts to support farmers under the Climate Smart Agriculture programme by easing access to essential farm inputs, including ...

Kampala — At the Tilda rice processing plant in rural Uganda near the Kenyan border, Indian investors are providing a livelihood and market for more than 1,000 farmers who sell their crops for cash to ...

KIRYANDONGO, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - People came from all over Uganda to Kiryandongo, uprooted by disaster and dispossession. In recent decades thousands have settled in the district, ...

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Africa-focused Tullow Oil is setting its sights on boosting production at its Jubilee field in Ghana and success from a busy drilling programme, putting to use $2.9 billion ...