Coffee growing has gained momentum across Uganda Coffee farmers in Masaka District have expressed concern over limited access to agricultural extension services, warning that the gap threatens recent gains in productivity and investment in the sector. In recent times, coffee growing has gained momentum across the greater Masaka sub-region, following
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Farmers of Wokukiri village, Mbale district receiving modern bee hives Centenary Bank, Bees and Trees Uganda have launched the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement initiative, aimed at restoring degraded land, promoting environmental conservation, improving livelihoods, and strengthening financial inclusion. The initiative aims to tackle the challenges of environmental
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The World Bank has commended Uganda’s recent economic growth performance but warns that the country’s continued dependence on nature-driven agriculture poses a major risk to achieving its long-term development targets. Agriculture contributes about a quarter of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounts for 35 per cent of export earnings.
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Cattle in a community Kraal in Adilang Town Council in Agago district set up for curbing cattle theft by suspected Karimojong warriors. The government will pay 5 million shillings in cash to each household in Northern Uganda, instead of distributing live cattle to conflict-affected regions. The decision was taken during
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Cleophas Ndorere, Commissioner for External Trade Summary: It is feared that smallholder farmers will struggle to survive under the new regulations unless the compliance process is revised. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has acknowledged that Uganda remains far from meeting the European Union’s new agricultural market regulations, particularly
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Best farmers in a group photo The Best Farmers Awards 2025 once again brought together Uganda’s most outstanding agricultural innovators, recognising resilience, creativity, and leadership across the sector. As a long-standing partner, dfcu Bank reaffirmed its commitment to transforming agriculture and elevating farming communities across the country. Speaking at the
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Officials inspecting the new rice trial fields at Doho Irrigation Scheme in Butaleja District Uganda is inching closer to a major agricultural breakthrough as scientists finalize testing of new aromatic rice varieties set to replace the popularly imported basmati and supa rice. The innovation has been driven by the soaring
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Coffee and cocoa experts at the Post Harvest Handling (PHH) validation workshop organized by CoCoDev at Fairway Hotel, Kampala Post-Harvest Handling (PHH) practices are the thin line between poverty and prosperity for coffee and cocoa farmers in Uganda. The Coffee and Cocoa Value Chains Development Project (CoCoDev), with support from
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Coffee remains Uganda’s key foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports for the last twelve months (November 2024-October 2025) have totaled 8.4 million bags worth US$ 2.4 billion (UGX 8.2 Trillion) compared to 5.8 million bags worth US$ 1.3 billion (UGX 4.88 trillion) in the previous year (November 2023-October 2024). This
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is set to purchase of seven (7) million hand hoes for farmers. This is after Parliament approved UGX26.12bn supplementary budget for the same purpose. This was during the 2nd December 2025 plenary sitting in which Parliament considered and approved three supplementary
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