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Is East African agriculture at risk of playing second fiddle to oil wealth?

Holger A. Kray, Head of Africa Agricultural Policy Unit at the World Bank. PHOTO | COURTESY IFPRI 

By  CHARLES M. MPAGI

The World Bank economist was in Uganda and spoke to Charles Mpagi on the prospects for the sector in the face of oil discoveries in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan

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