NARO Director General Dr. Yona Baguma (L), FAO Director General Qu Dongyu (C), and the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga (R) touring National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI)
Eastern districts inseminators receive liquid nitrogen under the community based breeding programme
President Museveni meets the Director General FAO Qu Dongyu at state house Entebbe
If you don’t want to kill this industry, you should all cooperate because if you don’t cooperate, the sugar factories will collapse, and once they collapse, even new farmers will have nowhere to sell the sugar. But also, it is not good for the sugar processors, too,” President Museveni said. The Sugarcane (Amendment) Bill, 2023, […]
MAAIF Minister Hon. Frank Tumwebaze vaccinates the cattle with Naro-anti tick vaccine
A Japanese investor, Prof. Kim Yong Myong, the owner of Ac- Planta, a company interested in introducing acetic acid fertilisers in Uganda, held a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at State House- Entebbe.The Tokyo-based Ac- Planta, produces acetic acid fertilisers through skeepon technology, a product that promotes high yields in plants and also helps them […]
Parliament has urged the government to avail Shs259bn for the procurement and deployment of 2000 tractors and an additional Shs100bn towards the purchase of 4000 power tillers to improve the mechanization of Uganda’s agriculture sector.Janet Okori-Moe, Chairperson Agriculture Committee, says in the FY 2024/25, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) requires Shs282bn […]
Parliament has asked the government to provide Shs32.5Bn for the establishment of a coffee traceability system by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) to register all players in the coffee sector, to ensure that Uganda is compliant with the European Union’s requirements for deforestation-free products.“The traceability system will register coffee value chain actors (farmers, nursery […]
The government must expedite the establishment of an agricultural bank to address the hesitancy of financial institutions to lend to farmers due to the high risks associated with the agriculture sector. The call was made by Members of Parliament (MPs) after the Agriculture Committee noted that most financial institutions invest less in the agricultural sector […]
Members of Parliament have asked the government to ensure that Shs758.72bn is availed in the Ministry of Agriculture’s 2024/25 budget to address the issues of Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) to restore the integrity of Uganda’s animal sub-sector.This was after Parliament’s Agriculture Committee observed the persistent outbreaks of pests, vectors, and diseases especially FMD have […]