EU officials in a group photo with UCDA officials The Deputy Director General, International Partnerships at the European Commission, Myriam Ferran, says Uganda can continue to count on the European Union for support. Ferran was speaking to journalists after a tour of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) laboratory at
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Kenya now wants to double its avocado exports from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years. Kenya now wants to double its avocado exports from KSh15 billion (UShs428.1bn) to Sh30 (UShs856.3bn) billion annually in the next five years after expanding its target markets globally. In June last year, the country
Read MoreThe Agribusiness Development Centre Executive Director, Josephine Mukumbya speaks during the training. 100 coffee traders from 66 organisations, most of whom are involved in local coffee trading, have completed a beginner’s free three-day price risk management training by the Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) at dfcu Bank Training Centre in Namanve
Read MoreHon. Okori-Moe presenting her matter of national importance on delays in seed distribution Members of Parliament have raised concern over delays by government to distribute seeds to farmers countrywide. Abim District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Janet Okori-Moe raised the matter during a sitting of the House chaired by Speaker
Read MoreA round table discussion of participants unpacking the barriers to wide-scale adoption and use of solar technologies in Agriculture Innovation experts have urged players in the agriculture sector to adopt and accelerate the use of solar technologies across the value chain to address the reduce the sector dependence on fossil fuels
Read MoreAfrican armyworms eating up a crop Nakaseke District authorities have petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) over the outbreak of African armyworms. The African armyworms are caterpillars that march across the landscape in large groups feasting on young plants and leaving colossal devastation. Some of the
Read MoreNRM party officials in a group photo with MPs and representatives from UCDA The NRM Deputy Secretary-General, Rose Nsereko Namayanja today Friday hosted a section of Legislators on the Committee of Agriculture and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) leaders at the party head-offices in Nakasero and discussed several issues
Read MoreFlax seeds are medicinal and can be used to make clothes Flax Seed which is also called Linseed or Linen plant is lucrative due to their medicinal, apparel and beauty properties. It appears on the national emblems of both Berarus and Northern Ireland; it was also on the one pound coin
Read MoreWomen In Coffee: Kenyange Focused On Growing Domestic Coffee Consumption Through Value Addition
Jamillah Kenyange wants to grow domestic coffee consumption under her brand, Zion Coffee Ugandan women are increasingly joining coffee business. Jamillah Kenyange is one of the women entrepreneurs doing coffee value addition under Zion Coffee brand. Kenyange didn’t know much about coffee, but the fact that her husband is a
Read MoreDfcu Bank Committed To Supporting Uganda’s Agricultural Sector As Best Farmers Awards 2023 Launched
Vision Group CEO Don Wanyama (Left) and representatives of sponsors and judges officially launching the best farmers competition 2023 Dfcu bank recognizes the role the agricultural sector plays in Uganda and is committed to supporting farmers with a range of financial products and services. Jude Kansiime, the Head of Marketing
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