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坎帕拉—在一个风和日丽的午后，我与Gilbert Bukenya博士在他位于维多利亚湖岸边的家里会面。我们交流的话题是乌干达农业的未来。他说：“通过更聪明的耕种，乌干达人不仅能种植更多，还能赚更多的钱。”
更聪明地工作并不是一句空泛的口号；它是非洲农业现代化的关键。作为乌干达粮食自给自足的倡导者，Bukenya想让乌干达人吃更多自产的大米，从而促进农民和碾米业者的生产，同时又能将节省下来的现金用到更需要的地方。Bukenya长久以来就一直推广在高地（相对于湿地稻田）种植一种新品种的非洲稻。它的需水量更小。
推广新稻种是“更聪明地工作”配方的一部分。一旦大米的产量开始提升，Bukenya和其他的乌干达政客们又打出另一张聪明牌：他们通过成功的游说，对外国大米征收了75%的关税，这一政策进一步刺激了大米的生产。据贸易部统计，自2004年以来大米的产量增加了2.5倍达到180，000吨，而同时进口大米的消费仅在2004至2005年之间就下降了一半。
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