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

Beatrice Anywar the State Minister for Environment on left engages a technocrat after submitting. President Yoweri Museveni has issued a directive for the entire Bugoma Forest in western Uganda to be mapped. This was

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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 | 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 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