Cultivating a two acre modern farm of matooke with his wife, Luzzi who joined Naads programme in 2003/4 is the lead supplier of matooke in Kasanje Sub County due to the trainings on farm ...

“Our people here have liked matooke because they come every day ... Shs200,000 to start the project of banana farming. Apart from growing bananas, the couple also engages in pineapple and ...

Naads coordinator, Mr Patrick Natanga says the target is to help small scale farmers fight household poverty using modern farming methods. On a small plot of land, farmers can now harvest matooke ...

Namanya said they have developed technologies to address the many challenges affecting matooke farming. “In the central region, banana plantations no longer last more than five years like in the ...

"We hope that modern methods of farming will go a long way to improve matooke productivity on the small plots of land and help farmers in the fight against poverty at households," Mr Natanga said.

the farm gate price of a big bunch of matooke is between Shs5,000 and Shs17,000, down from between Shs20,000 and Shs30,000.In Kabarole District and Fort Portal City, farmers have reported a sharp ...

This practical, needs-driven approach led to putting matooke on a quarter acre, using pig dung as fertiliser. The farm activities evolved spontaneously, without a grand plan. Observing high market ...

Matooke farming is under pressure in Uganda where fewer farmers are able to make a viable income as local markets can only absorb so much of the crop, which is harvested three times of year.

"I started with nothing, apart from a hand hoe and my bare hands," he says as he stands on a section of his seven-acre pineapple and matooke farm, located off the main Nazigo-Kangulumira road ...

Matooke is a starchy dish mainly eaten in Uganda and other East African countries like Kenya and Tanzania. It is Uganda’s staple food. This dish is made by boiling and mashing green plantain ...