Scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have announced a breakthrough in the search for banana varieties that are resistant to the lethal bacterial banana wilt disease. This debunks the notion that all banana varieties are susceptible to the disease and opens the possibility of breeding resistant varieties.
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The Government of Uganda through the National Forestry Authority (NFA) is facilitating the planting of 10 million trees across the country ahead of the Taxpayer Appreciation Week . In a statement, URA that is spearheading the Taxpayer Appreciation Week says NFA has made available free tree seedlings in its 32
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Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has opened up a modern poultry unit at the Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK) worth US$3 million (Shs11.3bn), the University has said. 70% of this budget is funded by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and another 30%
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Could The Future Of Food In The World Depend On What Africa Does With Agriculture? Addressing a standing room only crowd of global agriculture experts at the FAO headquarters in Rome, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina, says the answer is
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A Trump administration official is visiting Africa this week to promote government acceptance of genetically engineered crops. Peter Haas, a State Department trade-policy specialist, told a three-day biotechnology conference in South Africa that use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in agriculture can help meet the continent's food needs while also
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The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has adopted a new system that will see local/district based suppliers given priority unlike in the past where suppliers would come from far away districts. This is aimed at solving procurement problems the agency has been facing. This was revealed by NAADS Executive Director,
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About 150 Ugandans living in Schengen countries have converged at Novotel hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands to discuss investment in agriculture. URA is fully engaged in the convention. We have set up a hub to facilitate participants with tax services and information. In a presentation on the performance of agriculture and
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The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers across the continent new technologies with the potential to transform agricultural production. Adesina said the technology transfer was needed immediately and that evidence from countries like Nigeria demonstrated that technology plus strong
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By Samuel Kanagwa Unless you know and apply some basic principles, you cannot last in any business including farming. There is no point in going into any business if we cannot do what it takes to last and be successful in it. Below are the 8 basic ways to LAST
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Uganda earned US$3.339bn (Shs12.3 trillion) in 2017 from her exports combined, up from US$2.921bn (Shs10.7 trillion) in 2016, according to latest figures released by the Bank of Uganda (BoU). Cash crops contributed greatly to the above earning. For example, coffee beat gold exports to emerge Uganda’s top foreign exchange earner.
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