The president of Uganda says he is "very happy" about the food crisis.

"Why? Because we produce a lot of food... We are stuck with food," President Yoweri Museveni told Commonwealth heads of government.

The president hopes the food crisis will prompt the removal of trade barriers, allowing countries like Uganda to profit from food surpluses.

A BBC correspondent says most benefits are going to large, commercial farms, while poor Ugandans are suffering.

The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Uganda says most of the population are subsistence farmers, who do not export their crops but are affected by the rising cost of fuel and other inputs. ... Read full article