Barnaby Bear was very hungry after his trip around the markets in Uganda! First he stopped for a lovely dinner of fresh fish and chips with his friends. The fish was delicious, even though it still had its head on! Where do you think the fish came from?
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Barnaby Bear walked through a tea plantation in Salama, near the school. Some of the teachers told him all about the tea growing, on the way to meet some tea picker. Do you notice anything about the size of these tea plants? |
| Pastor Joseph is explaining how the tea is picked.
Only the new tea-leaves from above the stick are picked. This stick is spun around, and any leaves
above the stick shake, so the person knows which leaves to pick. That is why all the tea plants
are the same height. There is a gap between all the plants, so that the person who picks the leaves
can get all the way around without having to stretch a lot. The tea from Uganda is exported to Kenya, and from there is sold to other countries. Click here for BBC news about Uganda's tea. Tea is Uganda's third biggest export. The biggest are fish and coffee. |
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| This is a banana plant. There are lots of banana plants grown
in Uganda. Uganda produces about 15% of the bananas in the world.
They also grow plantain, or matoke - green bananas used for cooking. Some people in Africa eat plantain as often as we eat potatoes. |
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Can you see a large red flower?
This flower will grow into a large bunch of bananas! |
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