Beekeeping is among the most profitable agribusinesses in Uganda. As we continue to celebrate the World Bee Day, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal, Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) takes this opportunity to encourage all Ugandan farmers to take beekeeping as a serious alternative business. There could also be other things connected to
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The Uganda Government has set dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Addressing the press about Vanilla harvest dates at Uganda Media Centre today, Christopher Kibanzanga, the State Minister for Agriculture, who led a team from the Directorate of Crop Resources, said government is taking precautions on
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Coffee nursery operators in Greater Nebbi have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over non-payment of coffee seedlings supplied in the financial year 2018/2019 under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program, URN reports. The coffee seedlings worth over 500 million shillings were supplied through the Uganda Coffee Development Authority UCDA and distributed to
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Heliochem Pty Ltd, an Australian based firm has partnered with Medcan Uganda Ltd to grow medical cannabis (marijuana) in Uganda, Business Focus exclusively reports. Heliochem is a subsidiary of THC Global Group Limited (ASX: THC), an ASX listed company, operating in the Health Care sector. It has been in business for
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The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has released a list of ten crops where farmers last year earned a better price than others. The list, contained in the new Producer Price Index (PPI) for agriculture released on Thursday, is first-time of its kind by UBOS and the twelfth in Africa.
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Kenyan farmers under Cereal Growers Association (CGA) have opposed Government plans to allow duty free maize importation into the country from July and the 16 per cent taxation on pest control products, the Standard reports. In a press conference on Wednesday, CGA chair Furries Kluger said importation of duty free
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Agribusiness has been touted as a sector that will produce the next generation of billionaires across the world given the increasing global population amidst fixed land and climate change menace. In Uganda, a number of people are increasingly taking on commercial farming. However, some have jumped on this lucrative business
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The Finance Committee of parliament has recommended the amendment of the Income Tax Act to exempt agricultural supplies from withholding tax. In its report to parliament, a copy of which URN has seen, the committee recommends the amendment of Section 118 of the Income tax Act to exempt agricultural supplies
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja says Government is soon phasing out distribution of free seedlings to farmers. This was during a two- day visit to farmers in Nebbi and Pakwach Districts in West-Nile under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) arrangement. He told farmers
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John Deere, an American Corporation that manufacturesagricultural, construction, and forestry machinery will tomorrow announce major steps that they are taking to change Uganda and Africa’s agricultural sector in 2019. The announcements will be made at the 11th edition of the Information Communication and Technology for Development Conference (ICT4D) which kicks off tomorrow
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