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...
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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...
Busoga cane farmers to access cheap loans courtesy of new Stanbic Bank deal
Sugarcane farmers in Busoga can now access up to UGX 100 million in unsecured farmer-loans repayable within two years at...
NRM MANIFESTO REVIEW! A look at how Agriculture sector has transformed Uganda in the last two years
By Brian Musaasizi In 2021, Ugandans went to the polls and 59% voted the National Resistance Movement (NRM) for another...
WELL DESERVED! Ugandans laud Min.Tumwebaze for appointing Baguma new NARO boss
Ugandans have unanimously lauded a decision by the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Frank Tumwebaze to pick...
HUGE BOOST!Councilor Loyda donates 11 bulls to boost milk production in Mbarara
By Amos Tayebwa Mbarara District is one of cattle corridor areas in Western Uganda that is growing fast. In a...
Museveni Urges Luwero Residents on Wealth Creation
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Luwero to engage in wealth creation activities such as commercial agriculture in...
DRAUGHT POWER! Huge boost as NAGRC & DB releases hundreds of bulls to Lango farmers
It was all smiles and joy as farmers from the Lango sub-region received ox-ploughs from Entebbe based National Genetics Resources...
Cassava Farmers Call For Government Funding
‘’The president`s speech has helped us make money from cassava in and outside Uganda but we are lacking enough funds...
Ugandans Welcome Gen. Saleh’s Right Hand Boy Rt.Magufuri Moses’s Proposal Intending to Revive Uganda’s Economy
Former Ntungamo Municipality MP Aspirant Rt.Lt . Moses Magufuri says, Uganda's economic problems started with Prof. Paul Collier who advised...
MAAIF Hands Over Shs 7b Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccines to 22 Districts
KAMPALA: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has today handed over nine hundred thirty thousand and two...
CANE PRICE: Out Growers Run to Parliament
Sugarcane out growers have demanded for expeditious amendment of the Sugar Act, 2020 to include a revised formula on determination...
Why Busoga Should Embrace Oil Palm Growing?
Recent UBOS figures placed Busoga sub-region among the poorest areas in the country yet save for the 1987 Alice Lakwena...
MAAIF BOSSES IN SLUMBERLAND…as Foot & Mouth disease kills Speaker Among’s 50 cattle
Speaker Among has revealed that Foot and Mouth has killed 50 of her cattle in Bukedea district after the deadly...
UCDA Hands Over Espresso Machines, Grinders, Pruning Saws to Promote Coffee Consumption, Value Addition
The Minister of State for Agriculture in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga...
New Twist as NGOs Protest Approval of GM Crops
On Monday, Kenya's cabinet approved the farming and importation of biotech crops as the country scrambles to achieve food security...