By Jimmy Ocen Apart from manufacturing, there's no faction in the services sector that contributes a larger share of gross domestic product than agriculture. Data from Bank of Uganda (BoU) indicates that the services sector contributes 41.5% of gross domestic product, with manufacturing contributing 27.4% which is just slightly above
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Coffee farmers in Colombia, the world's No. 2 arabica producer, have failed to deliver up to 1 million bags of beans this year or nearly 10% of the country's crop, leaving exporters, traders and roasters facing steep losses, industry sources told Reuters. World coffee prices have soared 55% this year,
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Some People Living with HIV/AIDS in Bududa district are selling life-prolonging Anti-Retroviral drugs (ARVs) to cattle keepers, especially those involved in fattening bulls. Bududa district has over 500 people enrolled on ARVs, which they receive after every four months. Esther Wambewo, one of the People Living With HIV, says that she
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Helen Adoa, the Minister in charge of Fisheries officiating at the Uganda Coffee Day held in Mbale today The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has said that Uganda has not exited the International Coffee Organization. Helen Adoa, the Minister in charge of Fisheries at the MAAIF made the revelation
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Frank Tumwebaze (pictured) has revealed his Ministry’s plans to transform Uganda’s agriculture sector. Tumwebaze says the Ministry is going to show farmers the meaning of extension services. “Extension means a professional agriculture person going to teach a farmer or farmers on how
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Cows on a farm. The Ministry of Agriculture is struggling to find resources to test and prevent foot and mouth diseases in animals across the country/Business Focus photo The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is unable to carry out the mass vaccination of cattle against Foot and Mouth
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Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is engaging stakeholders in the cotton, textiles and apparels (CTA) sector in order to boost import substitution through industrial vertical integration and policy interventions. This is in line with aims of the Presidential Investor Roundtable (PIRT), an investment policy platform, of which UIA is the Secretariat.
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Ag. Director Quality and Regulatory Services, Doreen Rweihangwe (L) and Promotions and Training Officer Clare Rwakatogoro at the Dubai Expo. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed that Uganda’s coffee stall is doing well at the ongoing Dubai Expo. In a statement shared on Twitter, UCDA says Uganda has been
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UCDA MD, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye (Left) and British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey discuss coffee samples (on the table) at the UCDA lab at UMA, Lugogo recently. Uganda’s Coffee exports for the 12 months (Financial year 2020/21) amounted to 6,078,638 60-kilo bags worth US$ 559.26 million compared to 5,105,881-kilo bags valued
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PM Robinah Nabbanja addressing participants at the retreat Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has urged Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to focus on efforts that will transform lives of farmers. “With Agriculture being the backborne of our economy and the main source of livelihood for millions of our people,
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