African 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
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NRM 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
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Flax 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
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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
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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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Women entrepreneurs during the training Globally, the month of March has become synonymous with celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, in tandem with International Women’s Day Celebrations held annually on 8th March. This year’s theme; “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for Gender Equality” highlights the need for inclusive
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Michael Atingi-Ego, the Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor The Bank of Uganda is considering making amendments to the Agriculture Credit Facility (ACF) to increase the rate at which the public is taking up loans under the scheme. ACF was introduced in 2009 at a time when the commercial bank interest
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Awori prepares to roast her coffee at Volcano Coffee Roastery Sherinah Victoria Awori is a budding entrepreneur with special interest in coffee value addition. She is the brain behind the Janam Coffee brand, a business she started in 2021 after she quit her well-paying job in Kuwait where she worked
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Some of the graduands of Business Accelerator Program pose for a photo with DFCU Bank and ADC officials after the graduation on Friday afternoon The Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) in partnership with dfcu bank and Rabo Foundation Friday 3rd , 2023 passed out the first cohort of the Business Accelerator Program (BAP). The Business Accelerator Program, which
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Coffee is Uganda’s leading cash crop and top foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports in January 2023 amounted to 494,226 60-kilo bags worth US$ 67.35 million (UShs250.4bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has said its monthly report for January 2023. This comprised 412,282 bags of Robusta valued at US $49.57 million
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