Whereas most of Ugandans take part in agriculture as a source of employment opportunity and livelihood, the activity is hindered by various risks and uncertainties drawing back its productivity. Being an open-air business, agriculture is highly affected by weather conditions such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall, and rainstorms among others.
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Farmers across the country are preparing their farms in readiness to plant crops before the rains start. Many farmers supplement the nutrients required by the plants by using fertilisers, which are readily available in agrovets. The benefits of fertilisers can only be realised when they are used in an efficient
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“The way you are behaving, you are antagonizing our old sugar people and I don’t know the relationship you have with small sugar people. Some of you have got a suspicious relationship with the small sugar people and now you are sabotaging my plan,” said President Yoweri Museveni last Friday
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Two homegrown African seed companies top the 2019 Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa, for playing a key role in raising smallholder farmer productivity, according to new research by the Amsterdam-based Access to Seeds Foundation. Kenyan company East African Seed and Seed Co., placed first and second
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President Yoweri Museveni has reechoed government's plan to eradicate household poverty through modern mechanized farming. Speaking during the handover of heavy agricultural machinery and vehicles to agricultural extension workers at Namalere Agricultural Referral Mechanization centre in Wakiso District on Thursday, Museveni noted that agricultural mechanization is the most critical intervention
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There are a few enterprises that can give you a profit of Shs300,000 after Shs1m investment. However, this is has been made possible at PROF BIORESEARCH, a company founded by Julius Nyanzi, a Ugandan Bio-Entrepreneur, scientist, researcher and innovator. The company only deals in organically grown crops/ foods or organically
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SUMMARY OF PROJECT DISBURSEMENTS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS OF TO-DATE PDF REPORTDownload
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Gone are the days when the only means of getting fish was by catching it in rivers, lakes and wetlands. Uganda’s aquaculture industry is rapidly growing largely because of the huge demand for fish on the market. The fishery industry in Uganda provides a vital source of food and about
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The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has released the March To May 2019 seasonal rainfall for Uganda indicating that most parts of the country will have heavy rains. In a statement dated Febraury22, 2019, Dr. Festus Luboyera, the UMNA Executive Director says overall, there is an increased likelihood of near
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How do you win over a customer when your product is exactly similar, in plenty and is going at the same price as that of your competitor? Mama wa Quail does it by grabbing the hand of a woman walking towards an iron sheet shade at Wangige market and tries
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