Posts Tagged ‘Uganda’

Frank Kakuru, Kigezi Farmers’ Resource Centre; frksajjah@gmail.com  Alex Barekye, Principal Research Officer at National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), former Director of Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (KaZARDI)  Pieter Wauters, formerly with International Potato Center in Uganda  Background  Potato is an important food and cash crop in Uganda. Traditionally grown by smallholder farmers in…

Claus Opio, Program Officer, ZODFA Peter Van Erum (Peter.van.erum@trias.Ngo), Regional Partnership Manager, Trias East Africa Background Potatoes are mainly grown in the higher altitude regions of southwestern Uganda but also in parts of the east and the northwest. One such area in the northwest is Zombo District in the West Nile subregion of Uganda. Zombo…