The challenges of being a female farmer in Uganda
Nambiro Fatuma is a single mother of 4 kids that fully depend on her. She, on the other hand, depends on her income that comes from a family farm owned by her father. “I produce bananas, maize, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, mangoes and avocados…” she says. “I once thought about starting a poultry enterprise but due to lack of skills and knowledge and also lack of initial capital, I was withdrawn from this and remained active only in agriculture.”
Author: Martha Angelopoulou
Organization: Food Security Center
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Uganda
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://www.foodsecuritycenter.org/the-challenges-of-being-a-female-farmer-in-uganda/
Content language: English