Kampala — In recent years, value addition to matooke, to make it more valuable and exportable has been carried out and will soon spread throughout all matooke-growing areas of Uganda. Matooke can now ...

Matooke farmers in Kabarole District and Fort Portal City have suffered substantial losses following a sharp drop in prices. Matooke is a major cash crop in the region but since late May, farmers have ...

At the Matooke Main Market in Ntungamo Municipality, traders say prices have remained depressed since the festive season, even as supply continues to increase. On some days, the market now receives ...

What you need to know: Prof Muranga thanked the President for supporting scientists’ innovations in trying to solve the unemployment question in the country and improving livelihoods. “Today matooke ...

In Nyaruzinga, Bushenyi district matooke (green bananas) is being turned into flour for making a range of products under the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) project. A ...

Green cooking bananas, or matooke, are a feature of almost every main course for 38-year-old Semakula, his wife and four children, while sweet yellow ones make for pudding. Matooke is a national ...

Dutch company Gabanna is creating a new market for Ugandan 'matooke' green bananas using the starchy, low-sugar flour in new product applications from pasta, cereal, and snacks to a standalone ...

Getting tuition. In his First Year, Thomas Kizza got half bursary, however, soon he had to contribute at least Shs4 million of his tuition per semester. Instead of quitting, Kizza decided to get a way ...

“We have two more bunches,” I shouted so that my younger sister, who was in the other room, could hear me as I carried two hands of fresh green bananas (locally known as matooke) from the front door ...

A recent World Bank study says that the most important channel to transform agriculture is through small farmers Inclusive growth in Uganda includes transforming the labor force by making sure workers ...