Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga stressed the need for an Agricultural Bank to extend affordable loans to the farmers. She argues that funding from commercial banks is too expensive for the farmers and vowed to convene a joint meeting between farmers and sector ministers mainly Trade, Agriculture and Finance
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Kenyan coffee farmers have raised the red flag over the effectiveness of agrochemicals being sold in the market following crop failure this season, reports Business Daily. They had sprayed their coffee crop with pesticides, fungicides and applied fertiliser as required but the crop this season has succumbed to diseases unlike
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The demand for pork is increasing in Uganda, thanks to the increasing population and townships. A kilogram of pork ranges between Shs8,000 and Shs10,000 depending on location. This has made pig rearing lucrative. Dr. Rogers Kalanda, a veterinary Doctor working with Bulemeezi Agrovet Ltd interacts with piggery farmers almost on
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By Peter Abaanabasazi Hoima Unanswered questions are lingering in minds of livestock farmers in Hoima district about who is behind the escalating cases of cattle theft in the area. According to the farmers, robberies of livestock especially cows, goats and sheep which started with negligible cases have turned into serious
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The Out grower farmers supplying sugarcane to Kakira Sugar Ltd Monday, 2nd July 2018 suspended supply of sugarcane to the factory in angry protest against the application of 1% withholding tax on agricultural supplies. In a press statement dated July2, 2018, Christian Vincke, the General Manager at Kakira Sugar Limited
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Bringo Fresh, a platform that lets individuals order fresh produce online and have it delivered to their doorsteps has been launched in Uganda. This comes at a time when Ugandan farmers are faced with a number of produce marketing challenges. Consumers on the other hand, brave a number of inconveniences
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By Richard Wangwe There is a common misconception that Commercial Banks in Uganda have limited interest in financing farming or Agricultural projects. After all the sector isn’t efficiently organized, is largely uninsured and dominated by small holders with low income and therefore one would assume are unattractive to banks. While
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Poultry farming is one of the most lucrative businesses in Uganda and the world at large. The increasing demand for chicken (call it chicken meat) and eggs resulting from the growing population and townships across the country provides an opportunity for new and existing farmers to cash in on this
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Traders trucked in 3.28 million bags of cheaper maize from Uganda in five months through May, fresh official statistics indicate, helping price out maize farmers from Kenya’s food basket regions, reports the Daily Nation. Data released by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) shows 295,200 metric tonnes of staple maize was
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President Yoweri Museveni has underscored the need to commercialize agriculture in order to bring more Ugandans into the money economy. Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address for 2018 at the Uganda International Conference Centre, Serena, Kampala on Wednesday, Museveni said the 68% homesteads that are still in subsistence are a
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