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...
Agriculture
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...
Uganda’s Finance Minister Kasaija Impressed by Businessman Hamis Kigundu’s State-of-the-Art Agro-Processing Plant
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Matia Kasaija has commended businessman Ham Kiggundu for establishing a complete integrated food...
Government To Establish Tea Factory In Rukiga District- Minister Bahat
By Moses Agaba Rukiga: David Bahati the State Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry) said that Government is to...
Ugandan Government Ready For Trials on Anti Tick Vaccine
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze accompanied by the State Minister for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga...
Museveni Insists on Uganda not Selling Its Raw Materials without Adding Value
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met and held discussions with Coffee Stakeholders at State house Entebbe this afternoon. The Stakeholders included...
Kimanya-Kabonera MP Bwanika Granted Leave to Introduce Contract Farming Bill
Parliament has granted Dr Abed Bwanika, the MP Kimaanya-Kabonera Division leave of the House to introduce the Contract Farming Bill...
aBi Unveils UGX 7.5 billion Green Challenge Fund for Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation
Kampala Serena Hotel, 19th July 2022 – Agriculture Business Initiative has announced the roll-out of the Green Challenge Fund which...