More than 3.6 million Ugandans are facing acute food insecurity, with the number projected to rise to 4.4 million between February and June 2027, according to an October 2026 assessment by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The findings…
Uganda is expanding access to agricultural machinery, but the bigger test of its mechanisation drive begins after the machines are handed over. On September 19, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) commissioned and handed over 150 single-axle…
Uganda has spent years asking how farmers can produce more. The more important question now is whether they can capture more of the value created by what they produce. A coffee farmer may sell beans that are eventually processed, packaged…
Uganda’s farmers have a collateral problem. It is not necessarily that they lack productive assets. Many smallholders own land, grow crops, keep livestock or manage trees, but much of that productive wealth remains difficult for conventional lenders to recognise as…
Climate change is forcing farmers across Uganda to make increasingly difficult decisions. The rains that once followed familiar patterns have become less predictable, seasons are shifting and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. For millions of farmers who depend…