PDM WONDERS! How Sh500,000 has Transformed Nampa’s Life
By David Serumaga President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is moving around the country, encouraging people to work hard and take part...
Agriculture
Gov’t moves to improve the safety of wetland-dependent communities
Empowering Social and Environmental Safeguards (SES) focal persons is a critical move towards strengthening adaptation mechanisms, conservation experts, have said....
Government asked for community critical sensitization over coffee farmers’ registration
Amos Tayebwa Mbarara As the Government of Uganda moves to start a process of registering all coffee farmers in the...
Minister Tumwebaze Launches the Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation Project
The National Stakeholder Engagement Workshop for Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation Project has been officially opened today by the Minister of...
FEEDING THE FUTURE! NAGRC Unleashes AI Revolution in Animal Feed Production on Govt’s 17 Ranches
By our reporter The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) is an agency of the Ministry of...
Uproar as NAGRC starts camel breeding in Aswa ranch
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has introduced camel breeding inside the Aswa Ranch in Pader District....
WEALTH CREATION! How Equity Bank’s sh130bn loan book has helped commercialise small-holder farmers into vibrant agri-business owners
With more than two-thirds of Uganda’s population dependent on agriculture for a livelihood and a rapidly expanding population, investing in...
Uganda to host African Potato Conference 2025, Marks inaugural International Potato Day
Uganda has today joined the rest of the world in commemorating the first-ever International Day of Potato, to raise awareness...
Substandard Fish-Feeds on Market Plunge Farmers into Terrible Losses, Stakeholders Want Parliament to Intervene
Fish farmers and dealers have called upon the Government of Uganda to intervene in fish feeds production. The stakeholders complain...
Minister Balaam Commends Gen.Museveni for Presidential industrial hubs initiative
Hon. Balaam Barugahara, Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, has praised President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s efforts to combat...
Lessons for Kikuubo traders from Dr. Sudhir and his UK flower project
BY BEN SSEBUGUZI The new development of suspension of the 8% duty on cut flowers in the UK has presented...
Why Parliament rejected NAADs, UCDA merger
Parliament has rejected a government proposal to merge the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA),...
Livestock Census Report reveals what NAGRC, MAAIF bosses are up to
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries working through its top agency, the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and...
AU recognises NARO’s Fisheries Institute as a Centre of Excellence
The Fisheries Institute of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has been designated by the African Union (AU) as an...
FMD: Agriculture Ministry officials accused of poor planning as animal quarantine bites nation
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has been accused of not doing enough to devise means of...
FMD MENACE! Mbarara City count revenue losses as govt imposes animal quarantine in Ankole
By Amos Tayebwa Mbarara With Foot and Mouth Disease hitting several areas in Ankore Sub-region, Mbarara City Council has expressed worry...
Museveni asks to China to open their Market More for Ugandan Finished Products
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the government of the People's Republic of China to open their market more...
Rice Traders Stuck at Uganda Boarder with Tanzania Mutukula
Since Tuesday, over 100 trucks loaded with Rice have been stuck at Uganda’s Boarder with Tanzania Mutukula. URA says all...
National Agroecology week of action 2023 kicks off
By Musa Nkono PELUM Uganda in collaboration with the Government of Uganda (the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries...
NEC Boss Lt Gen James Mugira, Egyptian Investors Discuss Agricultural, Livestock Products Value Addition
Lt Gen James Mugira, the Managing Director, National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) has received a delegation from Egypt at NEC Headquarters...