Market access becoming Uganda’s engine of underdevelopment

Yoweri Museveni wrote a book entitled Selected Articles on the Uganda Resistance War.  It was first published in 1985. In it he complained that previous regimes had neglected the production of foodstuffs – especially nutritious millet, sorghum, peas and others – in preference for exports thereby perpetuating colonial distortions. As a result Ugandans were eating low calorie and protein foodstuffs which contributed to malnutrition. He stressed the need to re-orient the economy in such away that food production was given due emphasis to overcome malnutrition.

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