This in particular is for farmers engaged in growing the East African Highland banana, commonly known as matooke. However there are other banana varieties also being grown across the country such ...

Today I grow Hass avocados and East African Highland (green cooking) bananas. I also wanted to understand what went wrong. My research revealed that I wasn’t alone: Fusarium Wilt has hurt ...

Atypical person in Uganda, Rwanda or Burundi consumes more than 550 pounds of bananas a year. They eat (and drink in beer and juice) a type known as east African highland bananas. In Uganda ...

Encouraging Ugandans to eat more of the golden banana, rather than local varieties, can help increase vitamin A in the diet. Source: Jean-Yves Paul “The East African Highland banana is an ...

The Asupina banana, which grows on the island of New Guinea, contains up to 30 times the amount of provitamin A found in the East African highland banana. By isolating the Asupina banana’s ...

East Africa typically has two rainy seasons every year ... tells The Africa Report. Matooke, or the highland banana, is one of Uganda’s staple foods. “If you have any disruption like the one we are ...

A study published by the Commonwealth Secretariat has highlighted the potential for the East African Community (EAC) to establish a billion-dollar ‘green steel ecosystem’ and secure a profitable but ...

My grandmother was born in Mbale, in Eastern Uganda, and lives in Nairobi, where East African Highland bananas are plentiful. Since I couldn’t find them locally in Los Angeles, I got a bunch of ...

Jewelry from banana fiber Uganda’s type is the East African highland banana, which is easily distinguishable from other bananas elsewhere, officially designated as Musa acuminata Colla ...

It doesn’t always reach urban markets. Another staple food in Uganda is the East African highland banana, locally called matooke. The biofortified orange-coloured banana was developed via ...

Bananas naturally have vitamin A in them, but it is low in [matoke, Uganda’s native species, also known as East African highland bananas]. As a country, we have a huge population of children and ...