Yunus Social Business hosts investors field visits after two-year hiatus

Uganda earns UGX. 256.7bn from Coffee exports in April as global prices rise

Receiving the award on behalf of the Bank, Emmy Paul Opolot the Manager, Linkage Banking, thanked the agriculture sector for recognizing the bank saying the bank was committed to ensuring agriculture products are scaled out to reach the farmer.

Receiving the award on behalf of the Bank, Emmy Paul Opolot the Manager, Linkage Banking, thanked the agriculture sector for recognizing the bank saying the bank was committed to ensuring agriculture products are scaled out to reach the farmer.

Centenary bank ranked top agriculture financer of the year

The discovery was made by Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy during an oversight visit in Mpigi

The discovery was made by Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy during an oversight visit in Mpigi

Uganda losing agricultural advantage to its neighbors – United Nations

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DAVID BIRUNGI: Smart farming practices will yield more dividends for Uganda’s agricultural sector

Agriculture continues to be a key contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of various economies across the world. According to the...
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Abu Dhabi-based firm eyes investment in Ugandan tea sector

ABU DHABI —The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAE-based Elite Agro LLC...
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Tumwebaze commends Dutch support to Uganda’s agriculture sector

Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze has praised The Netherlands for the strategic support to the rapid growth of the agricultural sector. He said...
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Stumping old coffee trees, using fertilizers boosts productivity, Minister tips Masaka farmers

Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has delivered organic fertilizers to coffee farmers in Greater Masaka to boost productivity of stumped old and...
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Uganda’s monthly coffee exports cross Shs280b mark

Uganda monthly coffee exports have broken the $80m (about Shs282b) mark, the latest report shows. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority...
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ROGERS WADADA: Who owns the coffee for which the Government signed a controversial Agreement?

A few months ago, I received a dossier warning me to put a lid on my pen and mute, for I was...
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Finance ministry defends coffee deal with Italian investor amid public backlash

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has insisted that the coffee agreement signed with the Italian investor is meant to...
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FAO joins Uganda DDA to boost the sector

KAMPALA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 14 April joined Uganda’s Dairy Development Authority to boost...
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Gov’t procures 23,000 litres of pesticides to fight armyworms

KAMPALA — Government has procured 23,000 litres of pesticides to fight the menacing African armyworm that has ravaged crops in several districts...
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Ugandans troll Agriculture Minister Tumwebaze for claiming no knowledge of coffee deal signed with controversial Italian investor

Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze was on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, a subject of ridicule on Twitter after claiming he has no knowledge...
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Uganda coffee exporters tipped on how to penetrate China market

Uganda coffee exporters have met with Uganda’s Deputy Head of Mission to Beijing, China, Amb. Fred Mugisha, to strategize on how to...
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UCDA clarifies on tailed caterpillars attacking coffee farms

KAMPALA — Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has clarified that there are no major attacks or outbreaks of tailed caterpillars reported across...
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Mpigi farmers fail to utilise agriculture development funds

Farmers in Mpigi district have not made use of the six-year World Bank-funded, Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) which is in its...
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NARO boosting banana nutrition for Ugandans

Geneticist Priver Namanya Bwesigye is head of the National Banana Program at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), an agency of Uganda’s...
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Makerere’s Prof. Mugisha hailed for spearheading animal ethics in research, teaching

Assoc. Prof. Lawrence Mugisha from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio Security (CoVAB) has been commended for taking a lead...
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Consortium funds study to define agriculture, housing opportunity linkages to oil and gas sector

KAMPALA — A consortium of five organizations has today commissioned two studies to define business opportunities in the agriculture, and housing sectors...

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