President Yoweri Museveni has called on farmers in the country to stop harvesting immature coffee beans, saying that processors of the crop should reject premature coffee beans and strive to ensure total eradication of the vice. “Stop harvesting immature coffee beans. It compromises the quality of the finished product. This
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said government will soon consider Soybean as a country`s strategic crop that will earn farmers good money. He made the remarks while launching a new soybean variety (Maksoy 6N) and state-of-the-art soybean storage facilities yesterday in Kabanyolo-Wakiso District.
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The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has issued new guidelines for coffee farmers and nursery operators aimed at achieving the 20 million bags per year target come 2025. Below is a statement from government; Since FY 2014/15, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
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Farmers attending the Harvest Money expo at Namboole stadium have an opportunity to purchase the New Holland TT40 tractor at a 25% discount. Speaking to farmers at the Cooper Motors Corporation (CMC) stall in Namboole, Paul Bukenya, the senior sales consultant New Holland tractors said the discount was extended to
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Uganda is regarded as an agricultural-based economy and East Africa’s food basket given its ability to produce a variety of foods and in large quantities. It comprises the food and cash crops production, livestock, forestry,and fishing subsectors. The Agriculture sector continues to be the most important sector in Uganda, employing
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Passion fruit is a perennial vigorous vine, which grows to give oval or round shaped fruit. This vine is native to tropical regions of southern Brazil; this succulent fruit is also grown in Uganda and mainly in Masaka and Kasese districts. However, passion fruits can be grown in many parts
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It is abright morning on Thursday10, 2019 with no signs of rain visible in the skies. I and a colleague embark on a journey to Katindigo, a village located in Mpigi district about 15 kilometers off Kayabwe town along the Kampala–Masaka Road. Kayabwe, a town where the Equator line passes
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Kenya’s eateries are reeling from an acute shortage of Irish potatoes with the Agriculture ministry putting the supply gap at 1.7 million metric tones, Business Daily reports. The deficit has pushed up the price of the commodity by at least 25 per cent as hotels and households turn to imports.
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Agriculture can provide jobs to Uganda’s unemployed youth if well harnessed, according to the 12th Uganda Economic Update published late last year by the World Bank. The report, “Developing Uganda’s Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth,” notes that the sector’s economic contribution extends well beyond the production sector into the
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The government has procured brand new tractors for farmer groups across the country. The tractors, under the bran name, ‘New Holland’were purchased through the National Agricultural Advisory services (NAADS) to cement efforts aimed at mechanizing agriculture and improving farm productivity. Numbering 110, the tractors, which will be officially handed over
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