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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Maize flour at Chieni Supermarket in Nyeri town on May 3, 2023. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG Maize prices have hit a high of KSh6,100 (UShs165,295) for a 90-kilogramme bag on reduced supply, adding more pressure on flour and pain to the consumers who are already grappling with the
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Lato Milk wants to increase milk yield per cow Lato Milk, one of the leading dairy processors in Uganda, has launched a new initiative called ‘Project Prosperity’ that aims to increase milk production and ultimately farmers’ incomes. Having spent over a decade in the region as a dairy processor, Lato
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The committee members led by touring the farm Members of Parliament on the Committee of Science, Technology and Innovation have expressed concern over the delayed payment of workers operating in the sericulture project saying that it could be the biggest problem hindering its growth around the country. Sericulture is
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Dr. Ambrose Agona (in Blue trousers) handing over instruments of power to Dr. Yona Baguma the new NARO director General. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, David Kasura Kyomukama, has called upon the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) to prioritize research and technology that
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Pine is one of trees believed to be planted by the rich because of its long gestation period. This has seen many ordinary farmers abandon it for other ‘worthwhile’ crops. However, with value addition through pine sap tapping, the above narrative has been demystified A few years ago, the rise
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