Cassava farmers from Nakasongola District have appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to assent on the passed Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018 such that Uganda can start the growing of Genetically Modified Organisms that have been developed through Biotechnology Engineering. Farmers have learnt that scientists at the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) Namulonge have developed […]
President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged farmers to utilize government programs being implemented in the agriculture sector to fight hunger and grow financially. In the speech read on his behalf by the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda during the official opening of the 27th Agricultural show at the Source of the Nile in Jinja early in […]
Uganda has been chosen by the African Union to host the regional gene bank for the Eastern Africa region. The regional bank will be housed at the National Animal Genetic Resources Center and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB), one of the agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries. The development was disclosed by State […]
Fresh Dairy, has unveiled Brookside Fruit Yoghurt, a new entrant into its yoghurt family. The Brookside Fruit Yoghurt comes in four flavours: Pear Caramel, Lemon biscuits, Strawberry and Vanilla and is packaged in 100gm, 150gm, 250gm and 450gm cups only. According to Vincent Omoth, the Fresh Dairy Marketing Manager the new yoghurt is informed by […]
Uganda’s Prime Minister Dr Ruhankana Rugunda has said that the government together with other partners, under the Agriculture Finance Platform, are working to finalize the National Agriculture Finance Policy that will ensure that all bottlenecks encountered in the agricultural sector including financing are dealt with. The Prime Minister, in a speech read on his behalf […]
Mastercard has announced the signing of two public-private partnerships that will extend the reach of the Mastercard Farmers Network (MFN) to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. Under this partnership, key partners, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), are providing support to further roll out the MFN […]
Africa’s small-scale fisheries play a critical role in global food security and must be supported with greater research and investment, say international and African experts. Industry, NGO, government and academic representatives attended Murdoch University’s second Blue Economy Symposium in Tunis last week as part of the Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF) 2019 and Murdoch University’s […]
New financing to the tune of Ush34 billion has been made available to support agribusinesses in Uganda as new funding partners; Soros Economic Development Fund, part of Open Society Foundation (OSF) and FCA Investment (FCAI) join the Yield Uganda Investment Fund. The Agribusiness Impact Fund, set up in January 2017 by the European Union (EU), […]
Smallholder farmers have asked the Government to involve them in the budget formulation process as they believe that it’s the only way their views and voices will be heard. The farmers who converged in Kampala to discuss the recently passed Uganda 2019/20 budget, argue that on many occasions, their views are not represented in the […]
Digital innovations could transform African rural areas and agriculture while tackling many of the continent’s other emerging challenges, from youth unemployment, food insecurity and the need for further economic growth, a new report has suggested. Statistics show that around 60 percent of the African population is under the age of 24. At the same time, […]
East African farmers and producers under their umbrella organization Fair-trade East and Central Africa Network have pointed out the lack of markets for their produces as a major hindrance towards them achieving the middle-income status. The farmers, who numbered over 150 from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, converged at Speke Resort […]
A group of 13 farmers from various parts of the country are in Netherlands where they are on best agriculture practices benchmarking visits. The group left Uganda last Sunday to the Nordic country where they will share good agricultural practices from their Dutch counterparts. Addressing the farmers at the dfcu Bank head Offices in Kampala […]
Uganda is set to host the 40th African Tea Convention scheduled for June 26th to 28th 2019 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Over 500 delegates and 30 exhibitors from 20 countries globally are expected to attend. The global event for the tea industry is being organized by the East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) based in […]