Author Description

Victoria Sekitoleko grew up on a farm in Uganda. She spent her childhood running through the fields under the warm African sun, so farming is what she does, knows, thinks about, and talks about. It is what she believes in. After a career dedicated to agriculture and agribusiness in Uganda, including service as minister of agriculture, she brings us her new book, A Farmer's Daughter, because she believes that agriculture has the potential to keep Uganda moving forward economically. She goes into detail about how the potential in agribusiness for every Ugandan to create a better future for themselves. Uganda has tremendous natural resources: agriculture, forestry, and fish farming. Also, a wealth of human resources--smart, willing, hard-working men, women, and young people whose capacity is underdeveloped and whose potential contributions to Uganda's agribusiness are untapped. In this book, Victoria also identifies fantastic areas of investment in Uganda agribusiness, including infrastructure, mobile networking, health care, as well as oil. The same good weather, good rainfall, and temperate climate that blesses Uganda will create opportunities for many to benefit from the gold of the future: food and energy.