Uganda: Bugiri Women Benefit From Shs2.6b Fish Farming Project

At least 1,400 women in Bugiri District are now able to fend for themselves through a cage fish farming project funded by United Nations (UN) women agency. Read more »

Uganda: Korean Govt to Inject Shs44b in Mpigi Farmers' Leadership Centre

The government of the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has confirmed funding of $12 million (about Shs44 billion) towards the… Read more »

Uganda: Artificial Insemination in Hens Boosts Egg Fertilisation

A new artificial method of inseminating chicken is underway which is promising quicker and guaranteed egg fertilisation at a time when age old practice of relying on the cock is… Read more »

Uganda: Livestock Dealers Protest Fresh Cattle Quarantine

A section of livestock dealers in the cattle corridor districts have protested a fresh cattle quarantine and vowed to disregard the animal movement ban imposed by government… Read more »

Uganda: Locals Sabotage Govt Fish Project Over Compensation

Locals have fenced-off land where government is implementing a fish farming project in Tarogali Parish, Ibuje Sub-county in Apac District, citing irregularities in the compensation… Read more »

Uganda: Agriculture Will Be Most Resilient Sector - World Bank

The World Bank, in its Global Economic Prospect 2021, has said Uganda's agricultural sector will be among the most resilient sector in 2021. Read more »

Uganda: Busoga Sugarcane Farmers Send First Consignment to Atiak

Busoga Diocese Bishop Paul Moses Naimanhye has flagged off 50 sugarcane trucks to Atiak Sugar Factory in northern Uganda, following farmers' frustration over the falling prices of… Read more »

Uganda: Tea Farmers, Govt Agree Over Shs143 Billion Debt

About 700 tea nursery bed operators in Kigezi Sub-region have accepted to withdraw a court case they had filled against government in 2018 in the Commercial Court in Kampala… Read more »

Uganda: Isimba Bridge to Spark Growth - Farmers

By Sam Caleb Opio Read more »

Uganda: Irregularities Mar Livestock Compensation Exercise

By Charity Akullo Read more »

Uganda: 800 Tobacco Farmers Demand Shs9b Arrears

More than 800 tobacco farmers who grew and sold tobacco to the Continental Tobacco Company Uganda Ltd between 2018 and 2019 are demanding payment of upto Shs9 billion. Read more »

Uganda: Farming and Land Ownership

We cannot discuss farming without talking about land. Farmers must fully understand the importance of land since it is the space where crops and livestock are raised. Read more »

Uganda: Campaigns Aiding Illegal Fishing

By Denis Edema Read more »

Uganda: Luweero Sets Coffee Production Target

Stakeholders in the coffee industry have set a five-year target for individual farmers to produce six kilogrammes per plant to boost incomes. Read more »

Uganda: Cotton Exports Recover From Months of Slump

Cotton exports in both value and volume recovered from a slump, surging in the period ended October, according to data from Bank of Uganda. Read more »

Uganda: Katumba Promises to Stop Rice Growing in Lwera Swamp

Independent Presidential candidate, Mr John Katumba has promised to stop the growing of rice in Lwera Swamp by Chinese farmers. Read more »

Uganda: Strange Disease Attacks Cassava Gardens in Nebbi

More than 600 cassava farmers in Nebbi District are counting losses after a strange disease destroyed their plantations. Read more »

Uganda: Candidates' Charm Package to Make Agriculture Yield for All

Early this year, 26-year-old Robert Ningo, a resident of Anai Parish in Uganda's northern Lira District, planted four acres of improved variety of soybean. Read more »

Uganda: Low Banana Production Concerns Researchers

Uganda needs to cover a deficit of 60 metric tonnes to reach profitable levels of banana production, Daily Monitor has learnt. Read more »

Uganda: Supporting Farmer Organisations to Access Regional Markets

Limited access to reliable markets is one of the constraints limiting commercialisation of agriculture among smallholder farmers. Without ready markets, smallholder farmers are… Read more »

Uganda: Stop Drying Food On Roads, Kadaga Tells Busoga Locals

The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has decried the continued use of roads in Busoga Sub-region for drying fish, cassava and other foodstuff. Read more »

Uganda: Start Treating Agriculture As a Business, Farmers Tell Govt

Soybean and sunflower farmers, who mainly produce the commodities for the manufacture of edible oil and related products, have challenged government to start considering… Read more »

Uganda: Shield Your Crops From Heavy Rains

The cold weather being experienced in the country as the rains continue to pound different parts of the country might damage crops, hence the need for farmers to be informed to… Read more »

Uganda: Blacklist Hoima Sugar for Destroying Forest Reserve - Anywar

By Ephraim Kasozi Read more »

Uganda: Stanbic Bank Set to Boost Agribusiness Financing

A vibrant agricultural sector is what Uganda's economy needs to thrive. Due to the exigencies of the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic will be held virtually… Read more »