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Uganda’s sugarcane boom leaves families hungry: what needs to change

2026-10-14T13:41:55.000Z

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  • Busoga, in eastern Uganda, is a low, fertile plateau surrounded on three sides by Lake Victoria, the River Nile and Lake Kyoga.
  • Most of its 4.3 million people farm small, rain-fed plots.
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Places: Uganda, South Africa, Ethiopia, Africa

Topics: Markets

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  1. The Conversation · Africa — Uganda’s sugarcane boom leaves families hungry: what needs to change