Uganda’s coffee industry has recorded the highest ever export volumes as well as earnings for the Coffee Year 2019/2020 (Oct-Sept), signaling the crop’s steady recovery. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Latest data from the

OLIVIER HANOTTE | African cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran which thrive in the dusty

The ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is walking a tightrope between preserving low-yielding indigenous crops commonly known as organic crops while at the same time promoting commercially viable hybrid options, writes

Uganda on Saturday launched the distribution of 2,700 metric tonnes of fertiliser to support rice and maize farming as the country wades through an uncertain planting season. The consignment worth $1.9b (sh7.1b) was received

After harvest, the farmers in their group sell their produce between sh1,200 and sh1,500 per kilogramme, to Mukwano Group. FARMING Although the general perception about northern Uganda after a 20-year-old Lord’s Resistance Army insurgence

A garden of barley. About 26 farmers from the districts of Kapchorwa and Kween have received compensation worth Shs13m because their crops were destroyed by rainfall. Photo | Net Barley farmers in Sebei Sub-region,

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Ugandan farmers are among the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures in Africa according to research released on Oct.16 by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an independent

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | People living in towns are likely not to have food in the right amounts and nutritious value in the coming months, according to experts from 15 international organisations is

The piggery project at Kasolwe Livestock Farm in Kasolwe Village, Kagumba Sub-county in Kamuli District. PHOTO/OPIO SAM CALEB About 300,000 livestock farmers in Busoga Sub-region are set to benefit from a Shs42b project at

Not happy. Cattle dealers at Lwemiyaga cattle market on December 20, 2019. Veterinary officers have complained over insufficient vaccines against foot and mouth disease (FMD). PHOTO/WILSON KUTAMBA. District veterinary officials in the south western

A rice grower at Doho rice farm . A row is brewing between Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde and rice growers over allowing a single firm to import rice from Tanzania tax-free. PHOTO/FILE A row

Leru Andrew, CAO Kole signing to signify the launch Lango, Uganda | The National Agricultural Research Organization- NARO with support from the European Union has launched a 25 Billion Shillings project to address poverty and

At least 203 school girls, 56 scholars from the districts of Rubanda and Kabale have received bean seeds aimed at eradicating poverty. The bean seeds will be planted by the girls themselves and the

Kampala, Uganda |  Food and environment activists say you need to urgently find ways of avoiding food loss and waste or risk financial and environment losses.  The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Sempijja and Food Agricultural

Ugandan farmers have been urged to embrace organic farming to increase the share of over $80B global market of organic produce. While launching the long-awaited National Organic Agriculture Policy (NOAP), at the Ministry of

T he Agriculture ministry has said $40m (about Shs148 billion) has been earmarked for the first phase of micro-scale irrigation programme to boost production among small holder farmers. The ministry said the programme aims

Kampala- As floods wreak havoc across the country, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned of severe drought between November to February 2021 that will cause food scarcity in the country. This warning was

Chris Isaac, chief investment officer of AgDevCo by Betsy Henderson Agribusiness in Africa: Investor reveals which areas hold the most potential AgDevCo is an impact investment firm specialising in agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa. It

Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries; Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja All imported agricultural inputs imports will be passed through gamma ray scanners at all points of entry, authorities have revealed. Inputs deemed unfit for

A farmer applies fertilizer on maize crop Kampala, Uganda | Farmers in Uganda are wrongly applying inorganic fertilizers which has led to pollution and reduction in crop productivity. According to Imelda Kanzomba principal agriculture

Busia, Uganda |  Over 17,000 heads of cattle in Busia district have been vaccinated against the Foot and Mouth disease- FMD. The vaccination exercise majorly covered Buyanga, Busitema, Buteba, Masaba, Masinya and Masafu sub-counties that

A trader waits for customers at Awange-mola Road in Lira City on Monday. Falling commodity prices has left farmers in uncertainty. PHOTO | ISAAC OTWII When farmers in north-eastern region started gathering a bumper

There’s a new trend brewing in Uganda amongst the younger generation that can be found in an aroma-filled cup of cappuccino or espresso. Indeed, despite being the second-largest coffee-producer on the African continent, Ugandans

Farmers are advised to harvest only the ripe cherries Coffee farming and its value chain is considered to be an activity mainly undertaken by male famers. Female farmers have been urged to engage in

A woman spreads out cassava to dry at her home in Ukusijoni Sub-county, Adjumani District, on December 17, 2018. Government wants to turn cassava growing into a commercial venture that will boost people’s income.

Mr Alex Mbagaya, a tractor operator in Mbarara District, boasts of ploughing more than 10 acres of land in a day, a job 10 people cannot do in more than two weeks. While he

Mr Patrick Ben Oloya chops pastures to feed his cow in Koro-pida Village, Koro Sub-county, in Omoro District last week. PHOTO | TOBBIAS JOLLY OWINY  An aura of happiness hangs over Ms Joska Acoro’s

By FRED MUZAALE The government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads) is constructing a multi-billion pineapple juice processing factory in Kayunga District amid challenges of low production and wrong location. The Busaale Pineapple

By Ashita Chopra For six months in a row, Kyagalanyi Coffee exported more coffee than any other exporter in June, according to data from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). UCDA indicates that at least

Do you want extension services or market information or a loan without meeting anyone face to face? For the farmers in northern Uganda and West Nile, a new digital tool is going to empower

Rome, Italy | XINHUA | World food prices edged higher in July, the second consecutive month of increases on the heels of lower prices for the first five months of the year, the United Nations

Kampala, Uganda | Parliament has passed the National Coffee Bill, 2018 that provides for registration of coffee farmers by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The registration of farmers will entail capturing details of

Ugandan coffee is thriving despite the lock-down Uganda Coffee stats 📌 Exports FY 2019/2020 ✳ Record 5.06 million bags 📌 Earnings FY 2019/2020 ✳ Record – $494 million (Sh 1.8 trillion) Kampala, Uganda |

Mr Francis Okullo, a farmer, harvests maize grain from his farm in Kaberamaido District. PHOTO/EMMANUEL EUMU  The falling gate prices of maize grain at the private aggregating centres in Teso Sub-region are worrying farmers

Sugarcane farmers in Busoga are struggling to cope with the declining prices of cane. PHOTO/ FILE PHOTO  Sugarcane farmers in Busoga Sub-region are crying foul following the continued drop in prices for cane, with

| THE INDEPENDENT | Africa will be unable to meet demand for meat and milk by 2050 and benefit from growth in the livestock sector unless countries adopt new policies and innovations, according to a

By MONITOR TEAM Hundreds of pastoralists around the cattle corridor, whose livelihood is mainly from the sale of animals, are feeling the squeeze as a result of Covid-19 and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) quarantine that

Mr Mohamed Ahmed of Horyal Investment Ltd (left) leads Naads officials led by the director, Dr Samuel Mugasi (centre), on an inspection of sugarcane plantations in Atiak, Amuru District, in August 2019. Net Photo

Some of the trees that were cut down in Namave forest on July 16. Photo | Damali Mukhaye  By Damali Mukhaye A section of tree farmers who were given licences by the National Forestry

COMMENT | MUKOTANYI ALEX | It was in December 2019 in a Chinese city of Wuhan that a new human coronavirus now popularly known as COVID-19 emerged. As of Friday July10, 2020 all over global

Kapelebyong, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Cattle traders in Kapelebyong are decrying losses resulting from the operations by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF in Karamoja region.  The traders say that they have lost more than

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It is early afternoon in Lokitela-ekuam village in Rupa sub-county in Moroto District on July 01 and about 200 villagers are seated under a big umbrella tree, discussing increasing

Sugarcane farmers in Busoga are stuck with about 7.5 million tonnes of sugarcane after millers allegedly failed to consume them. Speaking to Daily Monitor on Wednesday, the Busoga Sugarcane Out-growers Association (BSGA) spokesperson, Mr

ROME — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been accredited as an implementing partner of the Adaptation Fund and will work with the international fund on projects to help

The price of a bunch of matooke has fallen drastically in Ankole region in western Uganda from the Shs 15,000 in pre-lockdown period to Shs 1,000 during the coronavirus lockdown. Ankole is one of

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The worldwide spread of coronavirus pandemic is exposing opportunities for agriculture sector in schools and beyond, experts in this field say. Speaking at a virtual meeting organized by Uganda

ENVIRONMENT   CLIMATE CHANGE The natural world as we know, it is certainly unimaginably more useful to us than we are to it. Aware of this, our ancestors nobly bequeathed to us a natural world

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Farmers across the world must connect agriculture with the protection of biodiversity and the environment to have a sustainable food supply system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the

Nursery bed operators who have been supplying coffee seedlings to government in Masaka, Lwengo, Kyotera and Rakai districts are stuck with them after the distribution was halted in March following the Covid-19 pandemic. The

A Turkish company ASB Group which signed an agreement with the government to establish a $300 million special economic zone for beef production in Nakaseke district has lost interest in the project.ASB Group of

Farmers in Chegere Sub-county, Apac District, have rejected cassava planting stems supplied by government under Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), saying they were not consulted on what they needed to plant. A total of 816

Reduction in cassava production due to cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) threatens food security.  As Uganda takes steps to make cassava an eco-friendly feedstock for ethanol production, agricultural experts

  #UGBUDGET20 ✳ Sh45.5 trillion ✳ Cuts on travel, conferences ✳ Security Sh4.5 trillion ✳ Works Sh5.8 trillion ✳ Govt to borrow Sh11trillion ✅ 2020 – Sh45 trillion ✅ 2019 – Sh40 trillion ✅

A farmer uprooting weeds from his maize field in Kasese district. The COVID-19 lockdown has prevented farmers from accessing farm inputs. (File photo) AGRICULTURE Food production is often a combination of different factors, ranging

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen employees of Atiak sugar factory in Amuru district are seeking legal redress after their contracts were terminated. Last month, the staff were told to stop working and later

The Egyptian Government has given Uganda 1.5 million dollars to clear the floating islands on Lake Victoria. The increasing water levels on the lakes have detached large chunks of land and vegetation from the

Mike Lumu (right), an agricultural officer in Kibaale district, inspecting maize plantations. Photo by Ismael Kasooha As other parts of the country battle with floods and rivers bursting their banks, farmers in the districts

©IFAD/Francesco Cabras Rome, 20 April 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed

By WILSON KUTAMBA & AL-MAHDI SSENKABIRWA A section of livestock farmers in Rakai, Lyantonde, Sembabule, Kyotera and Kiruhura districts have accused government of selectively carrying out mass vaccination of cattle against the foot-and-mouth disease

Kitgum, Uganda |    The government through Operation Wealth Creation and National Agricultural Advisory Services is to start distribution of emergency seed support to more than 3,000 households in the eight districts of Acholi. This is

In order to widen their market bases and also ease selling of their products especially in such a time of Covid-19, small scale farmers’ organisations from Uganda and Kenya have formed an online Agricultural

MP Andrew Musasizi Parliament has widened tax exemptions to mechanized agricultural inputs, in a bid MPs said will give the sector the much needed post Covid-19 boost. The Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Finance,

Speaking to New Vision, Ssempija revealed that the animals were blinded after being affected by East Coast Fever (ECF) which is caused by ticks. AGRICULTURE  CATTLE Following reports that over 300 cows had gone blind

Exotic baron breed bred by scientists at Aswa Ranch for the last seven years weighing 900kg. Photo by Lominda Afedraru By Lominda Afedraru Dairy and beef cattle production is certainly a daunting undertaking, especially

Dairy Farmers in Mbarara and Kiruhura districts are stuck with over 150,000 litres of milk following the closure of the biggest milk processing plants in the area. Pearl Dairies stopped buying milk six days

Preservation. Workers offload milk for chilling at a cooler owned by Nyamitsindo Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd in Mbarara District in February last year. PHOTO BY ALFRED TUMUSHABE  Majority of the cattle keepers in

Efforts. One of the blind cows at a farm in Isingiro District. PHOTO BY FELIX AINEBYOONA  By FELIX AINEBYOONA Government is investigating reports that dairy farmers in Isingiro District are using unlicensed acaricides and

Farmers in a Pineapple Plantation in Kyanamukaaka sub county in Masaka district where the market has shrunk as exporters stay away Masaka, Uganda | Pineapple farmers in Masaka district are stuck with their farm produces as

By EVE MUGANGA The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries’ (MAAIF) department of crop inspection and certification has impounded fake inputs worthy Shs30 million in their operations conducted for one week within the

Workers carry pesticides from a truck onto a waiting army helicopter that airlifted them to Karamoja sub-region. Desert locusts that invaded Uganda through Amudat District via North West Pokot in Kenya on Sunday, have

The government has confirmed an outbreak of new and more deadly banana disease in western Uganda. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), says the fast-spreading disease is drying up banana plants

The locusts have devastated food supplies in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) describing the situation as the worst in 25 years. A locust infestation sweeping the Horn of

Experts have warned farmers not to rush into planting anything, explaining that the current rains are just seasonal and occasionally occur during dry spells. “These rains will not last for long. Farmers should hold

Eng. John Twinomujuni explaining to the Kyegegwa district how the irrigation scheme works.Photo by Adolf Ayoreka KYEGEGWA – The Government, through the water and environment ministry under the department of water for production, has handed

BERLIN, Germany, February 5, 2020/ — The worst locust infestation in decades is currently destroying crops and pastureland in the Horn of Africa. There is a risk of famine in the region. Germany has made

The price of pineapples in Luweero district has dropped from Shs 2,000 to Shs 700 per piece following a bumper harvest. The price reduction is attributed to increased production as a result of two

A solar hydro hybrid plant. Uganda has shelved its plan to construct a solar hydro hybrid plant. courtesy photo  Uganda will have to wait a while longer before it can see its first solar

Kampala, Uganda |  The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened the UNBS national food safety laboratory building whose construction started in 2010 when the body acquired land to build its headquarters in

China hosted African agricultural leaders for a forum this week where Chinese officials pledged to expand and deepen cooperation, investment, and trade with African agriculture over the next 3 years. According to China’s Ministry

Despite a steady increase in coffee consumption around the world, trade prices have fallen dramatically in the past three years. Futures on arabica and robusta, the most widespread varieties of coffee, have fallen 40

Kampala, Uganda |  Farmers in areas neighboring Agoro river are struggling to access water following a change in the design of channels flowing atop of Langiya hills in Agoro sub-county, Lamwo district. Stretching several

Kampala, Uganda | A World Bank country report on agriculture in Uganda has concluded that greater focus on the Northern and Eastern Regions will be needed for Uganda to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.

Weakened. Artisanal miners sieve mineral contents in a gold mine. Speculators, according to the Chamber of Mines and Petroleum chairman have weakened the prospects of attracting foreign direct investment. FILE PHOTO Speculators holding mineral

Redudant rice milling machines at Damaza Grain Millers Limited factory in Jinja District. The company is among those that laid off some workers due to low production capacity. PHOTO by Joanita Mbabazi  Recently, rice

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Livestock farmers in Nakasongola District have suffered another setback following a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a few days to government’s planned lifting of the cattle quarantine. In 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture

The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water and Environment, Mr. Alfred Okot Okidi (C) speaks to officials at the event. PHOTO BY RAJAB MUKOMBOZI  BUSHENYI-The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that Uganda likely

Over 60 per cent of the 13 million head of local breed cattle in the country could be extinct by the year 2050, Joy Kabatsi, the minister of state for Agriculture has said. The

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | For the recent decades, Africa’s indigenous animals such as the East Africa’s sinewy Ankole cattle; a product of the centuries of selection for traits adapted to harsh conditions, have

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | One of Uganda’s favourite crop, coffee, could soon be heavily regulated as the government takes a step to amend the existing law. The proposed law, National Coffee Bill, 2018,

A teller counts money in a bank. Bankers have started the conversation about lending more to the agriculture sector. the share of lending to agriculture as a percentage of total private sector credit has

BoU governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile The value added by the agricultural sector had shrunk from 49% in 1991 to 24% in 2018, Uganda’s economy could implode unless the government and the private sector carve

KALUNGU, Uganda, June 27 (Xinhua) — A large expanse of lush green rice paddies is a major highlight along the highway from Uganda’s capital Kampala to the southern part of the country. The 3,000

By Edward Makobore History, going back to biblical times, is heavily laden with stories demonstrating food as an ultimate game changer. In Genesis, there was the story of Essau selling his birthright to his younger

Lira. Farmers in Lira District have shunned community warehouses and are storing produce in their houses due to lack of transparency in the management of the storage facilities. However, agribusiness experts warn that storage facilities

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Ugandan sugar millers, cane farmers and the government have for sometime been at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce zoning in the sugar cane growing areas. The proposed Sugar

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Six months since Parliament passed a revised Genetic Engineering Bill, 2018, that included demands by President Yoweri Museveni, he has not signed it into law. But he has also

Kampala, Uganda | The budget allocation for the agriculture sector will in the next financial year pass the 1 trillion Shillings mark for the first time in what officials say will cater for research, fertilizers

Photo By : Reuters Foundation News By FRED WAMBEDE & MICHEAL WONIALA Napak. The government has started implementing strategies to abolish nomadic pastoralism and promote agriculture as a source of sustainable livelihood in Karamoja sub-region.

Agriculture might be finally catching financiers’ eye, with money disbursed to farmers topping all other sectors in January, according to official figures released from the ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Agriculture received 28% (Shs

Dilapidated. The dam was built in Muhokya five years ago. It is now covered with grass and has developed cracks. PHOTO BY MORIS MUMBERE  By MORIS MUMBERE KASESE. An irrigation project that was set up

EU Ambassador Attilio Pacifici and H.E Museveni Uganda’s decision to join EITI is a positive step towards improved public financial management and accountability of natural resources – EU By Vicky Wandawa OIL AND GAS

By JULIUS OCUNGI Agago District local government has banned Karimojong pastoralists from grazing in their district. This follows the recent killing of Santos Okot, a resident of Auu Kirute Village, Adilang Sub-county on January

The goal is to put coffee-farming in the hands of young people by encouraging land-owning farmers to let younger family members use their land KYAMPUNGU, Uganda, Dec 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Like many

Kabale. Tea nursery bed operators in Kabale District have rejected Shs1 billion that was recently released by National Agriculture and Advisory Services (Naads), arguing that it is too little compared to Shs48 billion they are

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga launched a USD$43M (about sh160b) project which is tailored to addressing the underlying causes of poverty in Busoga.   BUSOGA – Hemmed in by Lakes Victoria and Kyoga, home to

Mbale, Eastern Uganda – The Government of Uganda together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched small grants to help farmers in the mountainous Elgon region to tackle land degradation and reverse the

KALUNGU. The minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Mr Vincent Ssempijja has rolled out a mega project aimed at boosting agricultural production in the country. The minister commissioned the e-voucher management system under the

Inspection. Local leaders inspect a farm in Nwoya District where a group of farmers planted improved cassava varieties on March 20. PHOTO BY JULIUS OCUNGI Omoro. Farmers in Omoro District have asked the National Agricultural

Kampala, Uganda | The Ugandan government has been applauded for the pace at which it is undertaking projects in the Oil and Gas Sector. The Nod came during a tour of key projects in the

Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) By witnessradio.org Team A new agreement has been signed between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of the Republic of

Visit. The Executive Director for National Animal Genetic Resource Centre and Data Bank, Dr Charles Lagu (right), and Col Francis Acoka, the OWC coordinator for Acholi region, during a monitoring visit to the ranch

Manufacture of Dairy in East Africa: 2018 Report – Brookside Dairy Continues to Dominate – ResearchAndMarkets.com DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Manufacture of Dairy in East Africa 2018″ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report covers the

By witnessradio.org Team Food security experts have pointed out Sugarcane growing as the cause of chronic poverty and hunger in rural Busoga. Experts from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), say the

By witnessradio.org Team A new report pins African governments for succumbing to pressure to join regional agreements on intellectual property, trade and seed, such as COMESA and SADC benefiting from corporations and the industrial

Karamajong embrace vegetable growing By witnessradio.org Team Karamoja Region is stepping up efforts to combat climate change challenge through adopting solar powered drip irrigation system to grow food for home consumption in achieving the

By witnessradio.org Team On March 14th, 2018, the Land Inquiry Commission opened investigations into violent land eviction of indigenous communities from former government ranches in Kiryandongo district and directed immediate halt of evictions until

By witnessradio.org team After years of crying out loud to district leaders, area police and local leaders to rescue thousands of natives from being evicted by a Chinese tree-planting farm in vain, frustrated evicted

By witnessradio.org team Like any other parts of the world, agriculture forms the most source of livelihood especially to the pleasantly community at the countryside. However, it has become increasingly hard for the farmers

As the battle for land ownership becomes increasingly intense, victims of forceful land eviction in four villages; Kicucculo, Nakasozi, Butolo and Kyedikyo all in Madudu parish, Butoloogo sub-county Mubende district are on the verge