HON. TRESS BUCYANAYANDI (MP), Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
I am pleased to welcome you to the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) website...
CROPS
The Directorate is basically to support sustainable, market oriented crop production, pest and disease control, quality and safety of plants/plant products; for improved food security...
Apiary demo farm High yielding coffee variety in central Uganda Boer goats in Kiruhuru district, Western Uganda Introducing KUROILER Chicken High yielding, drought tolerant HH Food Security Pearl Millet NERICA 4 Uplanda Rice, Maturity Period 105-110 Days High yielding Seremi 2 Finger Millet
ANIMAL
Currently the Animal Resource sub sector is managed under a joint directorate arrangement combining Livestock and Fisheries. MAAIF proposes that this arrangement be altered so that the...
FISHERIES
Uganda’s total surface area covered by water is 18% major lakes include Victoria, Albert, and George/Edward. There are also over 160 minor lakes and many rivers, floodplains and swamps...
The Farm Income Enhancement and Forest Conservation Project has been designed to support GOU’s Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture which is aimed at increasing incomes...
Banana bacterial wilt is the latest most serious constraint to banana production in Uganda which has caused a 13% decrease in area for banana production...
Rice is an important crop for food security and poverty reduction in Uganda providing over UGShs. 300Billion ($150 Million) in foreign exchange and over 225...
Under PMA capacity building for Agriculture personnel has been identified as a central factor for the success of the drive in transformation of the Sector.
Following H.E. The President’s initiative to promote strategic exports in the Agriculture Sector, strategic areas of intervention were identified including coffee...
A Fisheries Master Plan study funded by ADB was carried out in 1997 and it identified investment needs and in improvement of infrastructure facilities for fish handling...
The fisheries industry is extremely important to the economy of Uganda and provides the much-needed protein towards Ugandan food security on top of direct and indirect employment...
MAAIF VACNADA Project is an EC funded European Food Security Programme regionally coordinated by the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources...