By Bunmi Oloruntoba Considered the “Nobel Prize of agriculture,” the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution of food. This year, the prize was awarded to Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian agriculture minister - and currently the president
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Maize farmers in Uganda have suffered price fluctuations season after season. There are times a kilogram of maize grain goes below Shs500, leaving many farmers in losses. Currently, a kilogram of maize grain in Uganda is averaging Shs700. While we are in a free market economy where prices are determined
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After retiring from civil service, Israel Mudimba Mangeni attempted join elective politics albeit unsuccessfully. He was working at the ministry of finance headquarters in Kampala. He was defeated three times and lost part of his savings in the process. Mudimba had earlier contested to become the Bukooli South Constituency MP
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Ugandans are dubiously earning millions from Kenyan coffee. The coffee is either stolen or bought cheaply by exploiting the poor farmers, according to an investigation by the Standard News Site. Below is the story as reported by the Standard. It is 7.30pm on a Saturday at Bumbo market in Uganda,
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The World Food Prize Foundation is partnering with President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, to establish the World Food Prize Africa Institute. This follows the awarding of the 2017 World Food Prize to Adesina this week in Des Moines, Iowa, where he announced his decision to dedicate the
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“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.” With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize
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Traditionally, farming is dirty to many Africans. However, with technology and education, farming trends have changed. There are smarter ways of carrying out farming and earning big from it. And due to high levels of unemployment, a number of African youth are increasingly taking on farming as a major business.
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The African Development Bank has called for global support for Africa’s young farmers and “agripreneurs”, highlighting how agribusiness is the answer to the continent’s youth employment. In collaboration with the Initiative for Global Development, the Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD), Michigan State University, Iowa State University,
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Africa holds the key for feeding the nine billion people that will inhabit this planet by 2050, the President of the African Development Bank and 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said during his Norman Borlaug Lecture delivered on World Food Day. The Laureate also called for land
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The United State of America ambassador in Uganda Deborah Malac, says about 50 percent of seeds sold on Uganda market are counterfeit, which results into loss of income to farmers. Malac attributes the increase in fake seeds to inefficient market place that rewards bad behavior and corruption. Malac made the
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