Farming is a good business but one must make enough research before joining the business A fool and his money are soon parted, says the old proverb. I chose to start with this proverb because a number of people are ignorantly and foolishly losing money in farming. This is not
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Farmers in Kazo are losing cows to Clostridia diseases Livestock farmers in Kazo district are counting losses after Clostridia diseases killed more than 500 cattle. Clostridia diseases that include Tetanus, Blackleg, pulpy Kidney, and Black disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Clostridium called anaerobic and spreads widely in
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Bros Coffee takes post harvest-handling seriously Uganda’s coffee exports in December 2022 amounted to 418,829 60-kilo bags worth US$ 59.54 million (Shs219bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its recently released monthly report for December 2022. This comprised 331,476 bags of Robusta valued at US $40.55 million and
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Kenya gets the bulk of eggs from Uganda Kenyan consumers are paying more for eggs as the price of the commodity shoots to a high of KSh450 (about UShs13,000) a tray from KSh380 (UShs11,000) in November, amid scarcity and expensive imports from Uganda. The sharp rise in cost has been attributed to
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Nkandu says 3mx1m spacing gives higher yields once science is applied/NUCAFE photo Joseph Nkandu, the Executive Director of the National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), is the man who introduced the 3mx1m Robusta coffee spacing method in Uganda. He learnt about the method during his visit to
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Uganda’s Vice President, Jessica Alupo (2nd Left on front row) is joined by officials from FAO, China Government and MAAIF in a group photo after launching the project The Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of the Republic of Uganda and the Government of the People’s Republic
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Justine Kasule Lumumba, the Minister, Office of the Prime Minister (General Duties) making her remarks Government is committed to investing in coffee value addition and transforming Uganda’s economy, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has said. In a message delivered by Justine Kasule Lumumba, the Minister, Office of the Prime Minister (General
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A man herds his cattle in the disputed Apaa land bordering Amuru and Adjumani Districts Amuru District leaders are up in arms following the influx of pastoralists into part of the land earmarked for the establishment of a sugar factory and commercial sugarcane plantation in Lakang Sub-county. The land in
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Prof. Ezra Suruma says the existence of UCDA as an institution has been indispensable to the orderly expansion of the coffee sub sector. Coffee stakeholders have unanimously urged Government to consider rescinding a decision to merge Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF),
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Rwamirama (R) presenting the ministry's Budget Framework Paper for next financial year. On his right is the chairperson of the committee, Hon. Okori-Moe The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has tasked the sector ministry (MAAIF) to focus its budget priorities on food security. The committee Chairperson, Hon.
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