Uganda’s Fertilizer Challenge Is Not Supply Alone
By Christopher Burke Uganda’s agricultural opportunity is not in doubt. The country has fertile land, a large farming population, strong domestic food demand, growing urban markets, regional trade opportunities and important export crops. Despite these favourable factors, there remains a wide gap between potential and production. The usual explanation is that
Aid, Trade, Context and Local Solutions: The Post-USAID World
by Christopher Burke Seven weeks after President Donald Trump announced a pause in operations of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assess programmatic efficiencies and consistency with US foreign policy; Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also acting administrator at USAID, announced 83 percent of the agency’s programmes
