Lavender can be smeared on wounds from insect bites or added to oil and smearing jellies. The herb is also usually added to hot water for drinking to treat cramps in ladies. It can also be used as a beverage or added to cocktails and other foods like meat or chicken.

‘’Cassava has a very big market that farmers are yet to satisfy, Uganda Breweries for example requires about 6,000 metric tonnes to produce Engule beer, ethanol processing industries and other various companies come to us demanding for cassava starch to export to China for pharmaceuticals,’’ he explains.