Agribusiness

By Christopher Mulindwa Last week we discussed in detail the information you need to read and understand about the 4 key components (Genetics, Feeds, Management and Market) of a successful pig farm. Let me sum this up with housing and the ability to create a stable production system on farm.

Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has launched a campaign to stump old coffee trees and rehabilitate abandoned coffee gardens across the country to help increase productivity.  Under the campaign, UCDA will train farmers on good agricultural practices (GAPS) such as stumping overgrown coffee trees to increase their yield. The Authority

By Christopher Mulindwa There must be some people thinking about setting up commercial pig farming businesses in the new year 2021. Starting this week, we will go through a step by step process of setting up a commercial pig enterprise considering the three levels; 1. Smallholding, 2. Medium-holding and 3.Large-holding.

The market requires supply of quality maize in desired quantities at desired time, good quality maize attracts better market price that help farmers earn high income. Many times, farmers experience high losses of their quality maize right from harvesting to marketing. It is estimated that farmers in Uganda lose up

Dr. Kidega plans to expand his coffee farm to 30 acres Northern Uganda has become a new frontier for coffee growing in Uganda. A few years ago, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) introduced commercial coffee production in the non-traditional commercial coffee areas including the Mid-Northern Uganda districts of Apac, Gulu,

The Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) has devised a path-breaking innovation of block allocation to enable farmers access loans based on alternative collateral such as chattel mortgages, cash flow based financing, and character-based loans, among others, Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego, Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, has revealed. “This innovation is unlocking access