Small scale coffee farmers are set to be affected by EU rules/Business Focus photo Coffee farmers will have to ensure that they do not employ children if Ugandan coffee is to access the European Union. The EU rules against child labor in the coffee sector are in addition to those
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Farmers during the farm visit at Asili Farm Yara East Africa, the world’s leading crop nutrition company and provider of sustainable agricultural and digital solutions, has partnered with Asili Agriculture, Uganda’s largest producer of maize and oil seeds, for a collaborative field tour for farmers in Kiryandongo District. The tour
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Josephine Nakoma Mukumbya, who leads the team at the Agri Business Development Centre As dfcu Bank celebrates its 60th anniversary, we pause to reflect on its legacy of Transforming Lives and Businesses in Uganda. The Bank has been a pillar for agricultural practitioners across Uganda, from supporting cooperatives, farmer-based organisations, and
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Uganda is increasingly earning big from coffee exports Uganda’s coffee exports in May 2024, amounted to 553,529 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 127.30 million (UShs477 billion), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for May 2024. This was comprised of 473,693 bags of Robusta valued at US
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The Jinja city woman MP, Manjeri Kyebakutika holds a sheet containing some of the signatures. Jinja residents have held a peaceful protest against the move by Uganda National Farmers' Federation-UNFFE, to relocate the national students' agricultural exhibition to Bukalasa agricultural college in Luwero district. Led by the Jinja city woman
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The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has warned Ugandans especially farmers to expect a dry June, July, and August 2024 period. In an outlook released on May 29, 2024, UNMA said a dry season is expected, especially in parts of the Southwestern, Central, and Lake Victoria Basins and parts of
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Coffee is a top foreign exchange earner for Uganda Uganda’s coffee exports in April 2024, amounted to 390,977 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 84.80 million (Shs321.9bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for April 2024. This comprised of 290,037 bags of Robusta valued at US $
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President Museveni and Maama Janet receive a delegation form the Government of Egypt at Kisozi Farm - 25th May 2024 President of the Republic of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has welcomed the partnership between the Egyptian and Ugandan governments through the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) to start local
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Uganda is increasingly earning big from coffee President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the Government is targeting to increase Uganda’s coffee revenue from 1 Billion US dollars to 5 Billion Dollars from the coffee value chain. The President was speaking on Tuesday in Karuhungu Rwashamaire Town Council, Ntungamo District
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The Egyptian delegation visiting NARO facilities for vaccine production The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries will today receive 3 million doses of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines from Egypt to bolster efforts to curb the current outbreak affecting some parts of the country. This was confirmed today in
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