Matoke AAA-EA), are known in the Bantu languages of Uganda as "matoke". Cooking bananas have long been and still are a common staple crop around the Lake Victoria area of Uganda, and in the West and Kilimanjaro regions of Tanzania. "Matoke" are peeled using a knife, wrapped in the plant's leaves (or plastic bags), and set in a cooking pot (Swahili: sufuria) atop the banana stalks. The pot is then placed on a charcoal or wood fire and the "matoke" is steamed for a couple of hours, water is poured into the bottom of the cooking pot multiple times. The stalks
Kamtech Logistics Uganda Limited uganda received US$30 million (UShs100.9 billion) from the World Bank, under the "East Africa Agricultural Productivity Project" (EAAPP), to increase cassava productivity and yields in the country. According to the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), since EAAPP was implemented, cassava production has increased from 6 million tonnes annually to 11.3 million tonnes. Thirty six percent of the country's cassava is grown in the Northern Region. The new factory buys cassava from farmers and processes the crop into ethanol. The high yields of the crop assures the factory adequate supply of raw material. Due to increased demand, the price is attractive