By Walimbwa Moses President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged farmers in Sheema District to embrace irrigation and commercial agriculture to mitigate the effects of drought, increase productivity and boost household…
By Caroline Nakire Bunyoro’s draft development plan proposes strengthening 12 enterprises, including coffee growing, livestock farming and tractor hire services, to help households move beyond subsistence production and earn more…
By Wakibi Iddi BUYENDE| President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged leaders and communities in Busoga to make better use of increasingly smaller landholdings, saying land fragmentation is limiting agricultural productivity…
By Diana N. Kintu Government handed over 150 more tractors, and was honest that it barely moves the needle. Most of Uganda’s farmers are still working the land with a…
By Wakibi Iddi Kampala, Uganda’s coffee export earnings fell by 18.6 percent to US$204.1 million (about Shs749 billion) in July, as Robusta prices declined amid increased global supplies from Brazil…
By Wakibi Iddi MOROTO — President Yoweri Museveni has unveiled a three-phase food security strategy for Karamoja aimed at ending dependence on emergency relief. The plan seeks to move households…
By Caroline Nakire MUKONO — The State Minister for Industry, Hon. David Bahati, has pledged Government intervention to address operational bottlenecks affecting manufacturers in Seeta and Namanve. Bahati made the…
By Diana N. Kintu Masaka City, Uganda For nearly four months, the sky over Masaka has offered farmers almost nothing. Coffee trees stand dry, matooke plantations have withered, and the…
By Caroline Nakire President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Meat and Beans Processing Factory at Katonga in Kisozi, Gomba District, calling on farmers to embrace…
By Diana N. Kintu The Government of Uganda has announced a major policy shift in the fight against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), introducing compulsory biannual vaccination of all susceptible…
