Stephen Bamuhiga Njura in his cocoa farm Cocoa farmers in Ntoroko district are appealing to the government to establish a factory for them so that they can add value to their produce. Ntoroko district is one of the highest producers of cocoa in the country. Stephen Bamuhiga Njura, a resident
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Mabel Ndawula, Executive Director, dfcu Foundation In a rapidly evolving economy like Uganda’s, where agriculture remains both the backbone and the beating heart of livelihoods, dfcu Bank is redefining what it means to invest in transformation that goes far beyond finance. Through its dfcu Foundation, the Bank is putting together
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Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the State Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries presents a dummy cheque of UGX 1.2b with Equity Bank’s Director of Public Sector and Social Investment Catherine Psogmgen On Friday, 10th October 2025, several District Leaders, Councilors and various farmers gathered at Mayuge District Headquarters to witness
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), through the Department of Crop Protection (DCP), has intensified its response to banana rust thrips in South Western Uganda by deploying technical teams to work with Local Government and conduct targeted farmer trainings. Districts including Rwampara, Mbarara, Ibanda, Kamwenge, Mityana, Mpigi,
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The harvest ceremony was attended by a wide range of stakeholders including farmers, government representatives, and company officials CNOOC Uganda Limited has successfully had its first harvest of the high-yielding WDR-73 rice variety under its Innovative Livelihood Restoration Program for Crop Production. The harvest, which commenced on October 7th 2025
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By Alli Faiza Across Africa, young women and men are tilling soil with one hand and carrying other responsibilities on the other hand. In local markets, some are turning baskets of produce into budding agribusinesses that feed families and spark local economies. These young farmers rooted in their fields and
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Officials from dfcu, Vision Group, the Netherlands Embassy and other partners flagging off the best farmers to the Netherlands dfcu Bank, in partnership with Vision Group, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Koudijs BV, on Thursday officially flagged off the winners of the 2024
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Bwino Kyakulaga (Right), Minister for State for Agriculture hands over the Best Coffee Award to Topher Matsiko a farmer from Gomba at the International Coffee Day Celebrations held in Jinja Topher Matsiko, a coffee farmer from Gomba district and a beneficiary of a Matching Grant Scheme under the Coffee
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The best farmers in a group photo at the flag-off event dfcu Bank, in partnership with Vision Group, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Koudijs BV, has officially flagged off the winners of the 2024 Best Farmers Competition for a transformative, week-long study
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Coffee farmers in Nwoya district display harvested coffee berries during an agricultural exhibition held in Gulu city in October 2024. Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has disclosed an ambitious plan to expand coffee growing on one million acres of farmland across Northern Uganda as part of efforts to transform livelihoods and
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