The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) could lose some of its properties due to Shs94.3bn arrears owed to coffee nursery operators. UCDA Managing Director, Emmanuel Iyamulyeme Niyibigira made the revelation on Monday while appearing before Parliament’s Agriculture Committee to present the 2020/2021 national budget framework paper. Iyamulyeme said that the
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The newly appointed State Minister for Fisheries, Hellen Adoa (pictured above) is an amiable Member of Parliament. However, since her appointment getting to interview her has not been a walk in the park. This reporter with relentless effort finally caught up with the Minister on Saturday night and had an
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Coffee is a perennial crop. It is one of the most important cash crops in Uganda, playing a major role in the livelihoods of many poor people and is a major foreign exchange earner for the Country. There are two main types of coffee grown in Uganda namely Arabica and
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Angry farmers in Meru County in Kenya have hired power saw operators to cut down their coffee trees, claiming they had been frustrated to the limit, even as the government steps up efforts to revive the cash crop, Daily Nation reports. The farmers earned KSh28 (UShs 1,020)a kilo for the
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The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has set strict conditions for horticulture exporters in a move aimed at cleaning up the sector This was revealed by Pius Wakabi Kasajja, the Permanent Secretary, MAAIF during a meeting with horticulture exporters held at MAAIF
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President Yoweri Museveni has said government will soon roll out a system where farmers are supported directly by Uganda Development Bank (UDB) because high interest rates charged by commercial banks can’t make them produce commercially and sustainably. “We are also rolling out a system where farmers will be supported directly
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The Kenyan Cabinet has approved the growing of Genetically Modified cotton in the country even as confusion reigns over the 2012 ban on such crops. The move will see Kenyan farmers get access to biotech (BT) cotton that has been touted as superior to the conventional one, with experts saying
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The government of Iran has revealed plans to start manufacturing tractors in Uganda. The Iranian Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Seyed Morteza Mortazavi, told the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, that a team of Iranian manufacturers had visited different stakeholders in Uganda earlier this year, and was moved by the potential
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Farmers in Kanjuiri, Nyandarua (Kenya), are pouring out milk because of poor prices and lack of market as roads remain impassable due to heavy rains, Daily Nation reports. A number of farmers who spoke to the Nation said they were considering abandoning dairy farming because milk was no longer profitable.
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The Government of Uganda is in final stages of legalizing marijuana growing for mainly medical purposes. It is understood that Cabinet has set up a subcommittee to inquiry into a proposal of legalizing cannabis growing in the East African country. According to State Minister of Health for General Duties, Sarah
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