Uganda still ranks one of the leading producers of banana with the East African highland bananas (AAA-EAHB), locally known as Matooke contributing the bulk (Approx. 80%) of total banana production. Matooke is grown by several farmers and is a major source of food and income.   Because of its importance and relevance to the country’s economic

Namutumba is found in the eastern region, about 170 Km from the capital city-Kampala. The district terrain is made up of numerous wetland soils (Gleysols – wet soils with good SOC retention and redoximorphic features) that makes lowland rice a major crop enterprise. However, the marketable rice volumes are low because of poor land productivity.

Makerere university student Paul Mugisha in collaboration with a team of scientists from ICIPE, Keele University and Leeds University has developed a mobile app to help maize and sorghum farmers to control pests without using pesticides. Paul Mugisha is undertaking a Master of Science in Plant breeding and Seed systems at Makerere University’s Department of Agricultural