For years, agricultural waste has been treated as the unwanted side of farming: coffee husks left around processing plants, maize cobs discarded after harvest, animal manure accumulating on farms and crop residues burned or left to decompose. But across Africa,…
For generations, Uganda’s farmers have created value from the land through food production, livestock and natural resource management. But a new opportunity is emerging that could redefine what it means to be an agricultural entrepreneur: the ability to generate income…
For generations, agriculture in Uganda has been presented primarily as a production question. We have asked how to increase yields, get more young people into farming, improve access to inputs and put more land under commercial production. The assumption has…
With aggregation, farmers become suppliers. They gain access to larger markets, better market information, improved inputs and stronger bargaining power. Businesses, in turn, gain what they need most: reliable, predictable supply. Modern agricultural markets are no longer built simply on…
The excitement surrounding Burkina Faso’s recent diaspora bond should not be viewed simply as a financial success story from West Africa. It should force countries such as Uganda to confront a much deeper question about development, agriculture, and the sources…