Kenyan maize millers have expressed concern over a new directive by neighbouring Tanzania banning the purchase of produce directly from farms by foreigners. This, they said, will affect their supply, with Tanzania being a key supplier of the grain. In a statement published by its Ministry of Agriculture on May
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The trials for the anti-tick vaccine kicked off in October 2022 On October 27, 2022, the Government of Uganda officially flagged off NARO’s anti-tick vaccine for on-farm field trials at Mbarara ZARDI, Isimba Prison Farm in Masindi district, Kiburara Prison Farm in Ibanda district, Maruzi Research Station in Apac district,
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Best Farmers 2019 cohort being flagged off by the sponsors for a fully paid agricultural trip to the Netherlands at the dfcu Head Office, Nakasero. dfcu Bank, yesterday flagged off thirteen farmers who emerged as winners in the 2019 cohort Best Farmers competition. In collaboration with Vision Group, KLM Airlines, Koudijs, the Netherlands Embassy and
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President Yoweri Museveni arriving at the Masaka Liberation grounds on Tuesday at part of his tour in the area Government is considering introducing a subsidy on fertilizers to support the growth of the agricultural sector by enabling farmers to increase their productivity, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed. Speaking at
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Government plans to commence sustained vaccination of all livestock in the next three years in a bid to eradicate stubborn diseases like foot and mouth the tick-borne diseases. This, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, is aimed at claiming more valuable markets beyond Eastern Africa. State
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Eng Kuta is targeting 80,000 kilograms of kasse in 2024/2025 About nine kilometers along Kikyusa road off Kampala-Gulu Highway is Kikerege Trading Centre and a few meters behind it is JBK Farm. The 30-acre farm belongs to Jossy Balissa Kuta, a Biomedical Engineer, who is so knowledgeable and passionate about coffee
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A section of lawmakers have protested the failure by the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development to provide for Shs42bn for the payment of coffee nursery operators who supplied seedlings to Government, saying the move is going to sink these farmers into economic ruin because many borrowed money to boost their
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Small Scale farmers from the seven member states of the East African Community (EAC) want governments in the region to invest the largest portion of their Agriculture budget to fund Agroecological farming system. The farmers argue that although most African Countries signed the Malabo Declaration which calls for African states
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Uganda’s dairy sector has been slapped with restrictions on the export of powder milk to Kenya. FILE PHOTO | FOTOSEARCH Uganda’s dairy sector has been slapped with restrictions on the export of powder milk to Kenya even after a lift on a ban that had earlier been issued by
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Uganda earned Shs223.3bn from coffee exports in April/UCDA photo Uganda’s coffee exports in April 2023 amounted to 373,610 60-kilo bags, worth US$59.99 million (Shs223.3bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) says in its monthly report for April 2023. This comprised 238,636 bags of Robusta valued at US $31.50 million and 134,974 bags of Arabica valued
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