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Merging UCDA With MAAIF Is Regrettable, Will Negatively Affect Coffee Sector- Former Minister Gerald Ssendaula

Taddewo William Senyonyi December 30, 2022December 30, 20220

Ssendaula in his coffee farm/Daily Monitor photo Gerald Ssendaula, the former Minister of Finance and a prominent coffee farmer has described as “unfortunate” the decision by Government to incorporate Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) into the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), saying the move

Can The 3mx1m Coffee Spacing Method Give Higher Yields Per Hectare Compared To 3mx3m? NaCORI Study Sheds Light On Both Models

Taddewo William Senyonyi December 20, 2022December 20, 20224

Coffee planted using 3mx1m spacing at Jude Tadeo Ssemakula's farm in Kabanyolo, Gayaza/Business Focus photo While the 3mx1m spacing method gives higher yields, close spacing creates a lot of competition among Robusta coffee trees which compromises on their robustness attributes, a new study says. The study shows that while coffee farmers are likely

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Food-Based Dietary Guidelines: Catalysts For Agrifood System Transformation In Uganda

BusinessFocus Reporter December 19, 20221

A farmer in West Nile subregion shows off part of vegetable harvest. Food-based Dietary Guidelines will promote consumer education and development of sound policies for agrifood systems transformation/FAO Uganda photo Stakeholders in the agrifood systems space in Uganda are calling for adoption of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) customised to

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Agribusiness Dev’t Centre Trains Buikwe SACCOs In Financial Literacy, Agriculture Marketing

BusinessFocus Reporter December 18, 2022December 18, 20220

Sharon Kalanzi, the ADC Central business advisor awards certificates to SAO- Ngogwe SACCO members alongside DFCU officials The Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) together with its partners DFCU Limited and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have awarded over 50 SACCO beneficiaries with certificates after completing a thirteen-weeks training in financial literacy and management,

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Meet Ugandan Entrepreneur Using Introduction & Wedding Ceremonies To Grow Domestic Coffee Consumption

Francis Otucu December 15, 2022December 17, 20220

Darling Coffee is using introduction and weddings to grow domestic coffee consumption Ugandan youth entrepreneurs are increasingly innovating and making life easier as they earn from their unique ideas. Stephen Tumukugize, the Managing Director of Mbale-based Darling Coffee, is one of the beneficiaries of the recent NSSF-Mastercard Foundation Hi-Innovator cash worth

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Former Finance Minister Gerald Ssendaula Reveals Top Crops Earning Him Millions, Tips Farmers

Taddewo William Senyonyi December 13, 2022December 13, 202210

Ssendaula expects to harvest 5,000 bags of maize this season Gerald Ssendaula, the former Minister of Finance is a renowned commercial farmer in Uganda. In 1990s, he was Uganda’s best farmer, with over 1,000 heads of cattle and a huge coffee plantation. However, after joining politics, the farm’s performance was

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Achieving Zero Hunger In Africa Is Within Reach, Say Global Agriculture Leaders

BusinessFocus Reporter December 12, 20220

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, said global agriculture leaders in Rome. Meeting ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 January 2023, President of

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UCDA Fit To Regulate Cocoa Sub Sector-Stakeholders

Francis Otucu December 9, 2022December 9, 20220

James Baba, the Member of Parliament for Koboko County, who represented Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the Minister of State for Agriculture The Consultant working on the Principles of Cocoa Bill 2022 and the key stakeholders of the high value crop have found it fit to have Uganda Coffee Development Authority

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Farming Is The Future –Tumwebaze Rallies Ugandans During ‘The Best Farmers’ Awards 2022

BusinessFocus Reporter December 6, 2022December 6, 20220

Minister Tumwebaze (Left) presents a dummy cheque to the overall winner Hon Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries rallied the country to embrace modern agriculture and applauded ‘the Best Farmers’. He made the remarks while presiding over the ‘Best Farmers Awards 2022’ ceremony organized by New Vision

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Acholi Farmers Plant Over 400 Acres Of Profitable Macadamia Trees In One Year

BusinessFocus Reporter December 1, 20222

Macadamia is one of the high value crops/ Business Focus photo/File At least 4,200 farmers in Agago district have embraced the growing of high-value macadamia trees, six months after the project was launched by Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo. The project was launched in May in Patongo Sub-County, Agago district,