Uganda, May 4 -- The main reason Gerald Ssendaula, a former minister of Finance, grows groundnuts is to have them as part of the diet in his household at Kyabbogo village in Masaka City. "I grow them because we eat them as a very good sauce and we also sometimes enjoy eating them roasted along with coffee," he said during a conversation with Seeds of Gold recently during a tour of his farm.

Dr David Kalule Okello, principal research officer and plant breeder-geneticist at NaSARRI, told Seeds of Gold, "Groundnut is a highly nutritious food crop which is easily accessible to most people and is fast becoming a cash crop. Since it does not take long to prepare groundnut sauce, a lot of people prefer purchasing it because it does not take a l...