Uganda

A new clinic in a remote Ugandan village has its roots in St. Louis.The clinic in the rural village of Mpunde is the brainchild of two Washington…

To prove that a new-gene editing technology could be used to alter the cassava plant, scientists in the St. Louis suburbs zeroed in on a gene used to…

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center say a $10.45 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will allow them to expand a…

The world’s largest seed companies have their eye trained on Africa’s farming industry. A few, including St. Louis-based Monsanto, see drought-resistant…

South Sudan has been in turmoil for much of the five years since it became independent. That trouble is spilling over into northern Uganda, where refugees are flowing in.

NAMULONGE, Uganda — Before rows of tall, green bushes, Jude Aleu picks a cassava tuber off the ground and cracks it in half.That shouldn’t be so easy.…

At the Gulu Main Market in northern Uganda, there’s an entire aisle devoted to cassava vendors.For Ugandans, the starchy tuber is more than a staple food…

Updated 3 p.m., Sept. 28 with Durrie Bouscaren's interview on St. Louis on the Air from Uganda.Heavy fighting in South Sudan has pushed about 150,000…

As botanist Nigel Taylor moves through a greenhouse kept to 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 80 percent humidity, he checks the stems of young, potted cassava…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 12, 2013: Having to decide which of our children will be able to eat doesn't happen to most…