Africa's real food problem is households are too poor to purchase it

Traders and buyers sample bananas sourced from Uganda, Embu and Meru counties for sale at the Muthurwa market in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

According to recent data 72 percent of Uganda’s land is arable, compared with Kenya’s 48 percent, Tanzania’s 45 percent, Ghana’s 65 percent, Malawi’s 60 percent, Burkina Faso’s 44 percent and Mozambique’s 53 percent, Leo Kemboi and Emmanuel wa-Kyendo explain.