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THE MULTIPLE USES OF SUGARCANE AND THE THREAT OF SUGAR CARTELS IN UGANDA
Humans and many other animals, including certain insects, such as bees, like sweet things. It is sugar that makes things taste sweet. In human society, sugar has many uses, from […] More
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UGANDA: THE NEW POLITICS OF COFFEE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
The coffee crop was first introduced around 1901 and was enthusiastically taken on by Ugandans in the Southern part of the country. Robusta has been the main coffee export of […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Community & Opinion, Environment & Climate, Health and Medicine, How To, Innovation, Science and Technology, Writing and Literature
Turning Kampala’s Trash into Treasure
The Rise of Composting Imagine a Kampala where food scraps and garden trimmings don’t end up clogging landfills, but instead transform into rich, black gold: compost. This isn’t a far-fetched […] More
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Uganda selected as Pilot country for UN funded project
“Improving Value addition in Cotton by-products” UNCTAD will be implementing a project valued at approximately US$ 600,000, under the UN Development Account, to improve the value added to cotton by-products […] More
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Dear Ambassador Deborah Malac, Leave Uganda’s food alone!
As an alumnus of the enlightening International Visitor Leadership Programme, I am a grateful beneficiary of your largesse and still enjoy good relationships with a number of your colleagues. In […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Environment & Climate, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Writing and LiteratureShadows of Hope: Rebuilding Lives in Karamoja’s Drought-Stricken Plains
The sun blazed mercilessly over Karamoja’s arid plains near Moroto, its heat baking the cracked earth where Atim sat with her younger brother, Lokong, under a scraggly acacia. At 21, […] More
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Uganda’s Adjumani District Names Rare Wild Coffee After Its Forest.
District Council resolution formally recognises ZOKA COFFEE — an indigenous wild variety found only in the Zoka Central Forest Reserve — following a civic petition by Friends of Zoka, opening […] More
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Include National School Feeding Program in the NRM Manifesto to boost Parish development model and protect gains achieved under operation wealth creation.
Parish Development Model is primarily a seed money incentive for mostly rural households in Uganda. Injecting money at grassroots boosts agricultural productivity, stimulates local aggregate demand and spreads the money […] More
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What Are the Opportunities for Rukungiri in the National Budget?
Rukungiri District enters the Financial Year 2026/27 with a direct local government allocation of 66.84 billion shillings. This breaks down to a wage component of 41.13 billion shillings for salaries […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Fiction, Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Journalism and Media, Politics and Government, War and Conflict, Writing and LiteratureReality Under Siege: When AI Rewrites the World
In the beginning, artificial intelligence was a distant marvel — something spoken about in TED Talks and foreign tech expos. In Uganda, it arrived quietly, tucked inside mobile apps, banking […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Environment & Climate, Land, Pets and Animals, Politics and GovernmentTHE VANISHING SANCTUARY: UNRAVELLING THE COLLAPSE OF GENUINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN 21ST CENTURY UGANDA.
Introduction: The Essence and Erosion of Conservation Environmental conservation is, at its heart, a philosophy and practice of sustaining the diversity, integrity, and resilience of life on Earth. It is […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Family, Friends and Relationships, Fiction, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureBite The Hand That Feeds You
In the lush, sun-drenched hills of Maracha District, in a village called Ofude, lived an old farmer named Mzee Dramani. He was a man of quiet strength, known throughout the […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Diaspora, Education and Academia, Environment & Climate, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Law, Crime and Justice, Mining and Minerals, Travel and AdventurePresenting on Uganda as part of AfriExperience
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting on Uganda to a room of Yale University students as part of AfriExperience, organized by the Yale Africa Business & Society […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Finance, Markets and Economics, Innovation, Science and TechnologyA Digital Sustainability Model for Premium Origin Branding and Coffee Tourism by Volcafe Uganda
Branded Ugandan coffee can transform local livelihoods while creating strategic value for Volcafe. By linking coffee to its rich cultural heritage, vibrant communities, and breathtaking landscapes from the slopes of […] More
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AT SERENA KIGO, DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY ENDORSES RUJUMBURA’S HEARTLAND COFFEE.
Heartland Coffee, born from the fertile soils of Heartland Farm, embodies Uganda’s ancient coffee tradition—one that traces its roots to the hands of patriarchs like Khamutima, whose legacy of stewardship […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Community & Opinion, Environment & Climate, Politics and GovernmentUGANDA’S BELATED CHOICE OF SOLAR – THE POOR MAN’S ENERGY SOURCE – AND SOLAR-POWERED IRRIGATION
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula, F.C. Co‑founder, Save Bujagali Crusade (SBC) & Former energy & environment advisor to civil society Center for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis Uganda. 10th June 2026 To the […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Business and Entrepreneurship, Community & Opinion, Finance, Markets and EconomicsWhy Uganda’s next leap from producing raw commodities to processing them depends on democratizing access to the means of production.
IS THE COMMON USER FACILITY THE MAGIC BULLET? In the year ending October 2025, Uganda did something historic: it overtook Ethiopia to become Africa’s largest coffee exporter, earning more than […] More
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Pipeline of funding sources for bamboo activity across East Africa
We’ve mapped thousands of acres. We’ve planted hundreds of thousands of seedlings. We’re experiencing growing export orders into the Netherlands, UK, USA, Germany and among ourselves to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania […] More
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