Norah Owaraga

The ghost of Malthus haunts policy makers, the reason for continued food insecurity

“When a country is full of food and exporting it, there can be no famine. Me father was starved dead.” Irish American Marlone in Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman

Uganda’s comparative advantage organic agriculture

Uganda has the potential to feed its entire population through the practice of organic agriculture. Comparative to ‘modern agriculture’, organic agriculture requires more labour – and Uganda has got over 30 million people. ‘Modern agriculture’ has a lot of hidden costs – the effects of extensive use of artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides – which…

Land Grabbing in Uganda is Sanctioned by State Law

The transformation of Uganda’s land tenure from communal systems to individual ownership systems, is one of the major ways in which Ugandans have been disempowered by ‘modern governance’.

Know thy banker!

I made triple losses to my former banker; losses that were borne of: account opening charges for three bank accounts; exorbitant charges during the time my bank accounts were open; and Ushs 20,000 for closing each of my bank accounts. I could have avoided those loses and such a painful experience if I had paid…