Uganda: Alarm Over Mandatory Gardens in Karamoja

Kampala — Uganda's latest plan to improve food security in the mainly arid Karamoja region - make everyone cultivate a garden - has been described as short-sighted and patronizing.

"Why must it be cassava and potatoes and not one cow or goat?" wondered Chriz O'gwang, a resident of the Karamoja town of Moroto, in a lively Facebook discussion of the obligatory garden initiative.

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