Agriculture

August 22, 2025

Itracom Fertilizer to Establish Organic Fertilizer Factory in Uganda worth US$180million

At the signing ceremony Itracom Fertilizer officials, attended by Finance Minister Hon. Matia Kasaija, Disaster Preparedness Minister Hon. Lillian Aber, State for Local Government Hon. Victoria Businge Rusoke, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Energy , Ministry of Water and witnessed by the Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja

August 19, 2025

MAAIF Minister Is Upbeat Over Coffee Price

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MAAIF Minister Hon. Frank Tumwebaze briefing the public on rise in coffee prices

MAAIF Minister Hon. Frank Tumwebaze briefing the public on the increase in coffee prices

July 24, 2025

Uganda Seeks More FAO Support for vaccine production and mechanization

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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)

July 24, 2025

NAGRC&DB supports sustainable livestock breeding

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Eastern districts inseminators receive liquid nitrogen under the community based breeding programme

July 22, 2025

President Museveni meets the Director General FAO

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President Museveni meets the Director General FAO Qu Dongyu at state house Entebbe

June 4, 2025

President Museveni Signs Sugarcane Bill into Law

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President Museveni signs the Sugar cane bill

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, […]

May 23, 2025

NARO set to roll out anti-tick vaccine after 13 years of research

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MAAIF Minister Hon. Frank Tumwebaze vaccinates the cattle with Naro-anti tick vaccine

April 24, 2024

Japanese Investor To Start Acetic Acid Fertilisers Production In Uganda

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President Museveni met a team from AC-Planta, a Japanese company dealing in Skeepon Technology, led by their founding chairman Dr. Kim Yong Myong

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 […]

April 17, 2024

Shs359bn Sought For Procurement Of Tractors & Tillers

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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 […]

April 17, 2024

Parliament Seeks Shs32.5bn To Establish Coffee Traceability System

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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 […]