Norah Owaraga

Bride Price: African Elites a Big Letdown

Some time back, Ugandans were jolted into our realities by the story of Alupot, the woman who was forced by her husband to breast feed dogs. This story rocked the core of humanity. Whilst many expressed their total disbelief that this could happen in Uganda, arguably, in reality, Alupot is not one of a kind…

Discourse on food insecurity in Africa is alarmist

If food be that which contains or consists of essential nutrients and when it is ingested by a human being it facilitates the production of energy, stimulates growth and maintains life. The prevailing paradigm within which issues of food security are discussed in relation to Africa is alarmist and perpetuates myths that have so colonised…

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…