Export prices of Kenyan avocado have risen to KSh800 (UShs26,851) per four-kilogramme pack in November, propped up demand for the few supplies available in the market as the main crop season dragged to a close Data by the Horticulture Directorate shows that the November prices represented a 33.33 per cent
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego (pictured) has called upon both Government and the people of Mbale city to further support the Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) so that Mbale becomes a productive city instead of being a consumption city, saying; “I pray that the growing demand
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Stella Keitirima, Director of Stella Keitirima Enterprises, a cassava, maize and sorghum farmer and supplier (L) makes a point during a press briefing as Twesiga Sosimu of Farm Uganda Farmers' Ltd and Eria Semaganye of Kawanda Grain Millers look on. The briefing was held by farmers who supply raw materials
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Who’s benefiting from billions of shillings earned from Uganda’s coffee exports? This is one of the questions frequently asked by coffee farmers and stakeholders. This is because farmers feel cheated as exporters earn big from the country’s leading cash crop. For example, according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly
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Kigoye is earning millions from Vanilla farming Vanilla has emerged as one of the top lucrative crops not only in Uganda, but globally. This explains why the Ugandan Government has started setting dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Vanilla is one of the high value crops
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The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has launched a new study on impact of COVID-19 guidelines on market vendors of perishable goods in urban and pre-urban areas of Uganda. During the launch held at Makerere University this morning, Prof. Johnny Mugisha, the Dean of School of Agricultural Sciences at Makerere
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The fertilizers were received by the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja, the Representative of OWC, Lt. Gen. Charles Angina, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (Fisheries), Hellen Adoa, among other government officials. More than 23,000 smallholder maize and rice farmers and
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Proper feeding, hormone treatments and good livestock management practices are among the strategies that you can use to boost milk production and earn good money from your farm. Phillip Kalera, a resident of Kigezi Village, Maddu Subcounty in Gomba District is one of the many NAADS beneficiaries in the Country.
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Potato is a popular crop in Uganda with great potential for income generation and improving nutrition so much so that the Ugandan government has declared potato a key crop for the country. National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) in partnership with International Potato Center (CIP) have released and promoted improved varieties
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Minister Rwamirama (L) meeting Cuban Ambassador to Uganda, Antonio Luis Pubillones Uganda is set to import anti-tick vaccine from Cuba. This was reached at during a meeting between the Minister of State for Animal Industry, Bright Rwamirama and the Cuban Ambassador to Uganda, Antonio Luis Pubillones held on October14, 2020
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