The Monitor (Kampala)

Uganda: Bill Gates Injects Shs40 Billion in Sweet Potato Project

By Anthony Wesaka, 22 October 2009

The International Potato Centre (IPC) has launched a multi-million project to leverage the untapped potential of sweet potato to significantly improve the nutrition, incomes and food production of farming families in Sub-Sahara Africa.

The project is mainly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which has injected $21m (about Shs40b) to support the five-year Sweet Potato Action for Security and Health in Africa in eight countries with Uganda taking nine per cent (about Shs3.4b)

Dr Robert Mwanga, of IPC Kampala office, yesterday in Kampala. The project will be launched on Monday.

Tagged: Agribusiness, Food and Agriculture, Business, East Africa, Uganda

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