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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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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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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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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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,
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Sushil Toshniwal (Right) inside his cashew nut plantation. On his left is Joseph Patrick Okilan, the technical officer at the farm Cashew nut (Anacardium occindentale) is one of the highly thought after high value crops globally. In Uganda, the hardy drought resistant tree crop was introduced in 1970s, but has gained more recognition
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Tahia Namugenyi (left) a visually impaired child from Salama School of the Blind in Mukono receives her award for best painting in the category of children with special needs, awarded by Antonio Querido (right)- FAO Representative in Uganda More than 100 children aged between five and 15 years will have
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Coffee is an important foreign exchange earner for Uganda/Courtesy photo Uganda’s Coffee exports in October 2022 amounted to 457,244 60-kilo bags worth US$ 67.10 million (Shs251bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its October monthly report. According to the report, this comprised 398,592 bags of Robusta valued at
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Andrew Ssewanyana with samples of Black Off Bio Organic Fertilizer On August 19, 2022, the Agricultural Chemicals Board under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) approved the registration of ‘Black Off’ Liquid Organic Fertilizer, a broad spectrum pest-repellent natural fertilizer under Reticia Products Research. The product was
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An abstract depiction of genetic engineering of maize. FILE PHOTO | POOL The Kenyan government beginning Friday allowed the importation of duty-free genetically modified maize in renewed efforts to curb the runaway inflation that has engulfed the country. Trade Cabinet secretary Moses Kuria said Thursday that imports of duty-free GMO maize
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