In 2008, it was reported that President Museveni directed that issues of community rights (which in certain respects also include farmers’ rights) should be removed from the draft Plant Variety Protection Bill. There is ...

This policy research paper is an analysis of the extent to which Uganda’s food and agricultural-related policies and policy frameworks support the production and wider use of orphan crops in national development. Its major ...

The availability and use of quality seeds and planting materials in Uganda remains very low. The use of quality seeds is estimated at just between 10-15 per cent. This is inspite of the fact that the use of quality seeds ...

The last three decades of trade between Uganda and European Union have not benefited Uganda. Generally the annual trade balance has been negative raising the level of Uganda's external debt to US$ 3.68 billion as of June ...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (herein after referred to as the Treaty) is a landmark international agreement for ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture especially ...

This paper is an analytical comparison of the promises made by Uganda’s different political parties in their manifestos (2011 – 2016) with regard to the measures proposed to address the challenges facing the agriculture ...

The importance of plant genetic resources and the need to conserve and sustainably utilize them has been the subject of many regional and international discussions in the last two and a half decades. The thrust of these ...