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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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