News Published: 13 February 2024

13 of Uganda’s edible native plants species were selected in our project as having greatest potential for success in development strategies and could provide benefits to Ugandan people and nature.

The five factors were assessed to see which species from a longer list would be the best targets:

1) levels of important nutrients contained;

2) their marketability in Uganda;

3) rural communities’ strength of feeling towards them;

4) how easy they are to propagate, and;

5) what quantity of raw materials are known to be available.