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The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has launched a campaign to stump old coffee trees and rehabilitate abandoned coffee gardens across the country to help increase productivity.  Under the campaign, UCDA will train farmers on good agricultural practices (GAPs) such as stumping overgrown coffee trees to increase their yield. The Authority will also distribute fertilizers…

More than 50 smallholder coffee irrigation systems are expected to be established in a few weeks’ time when government extends the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) to eight pilot districts. They include Bukwo, Bunyangabu, Hoima, Kabarole, Kasanda, Kikuube, Kiryandongo and Masindi. Eng Dennis Tumusiime, an ACDP water engineer, revealed this during an awareness creation workshop…

The eagerly-anticipated oil palm project in Buvuma Islands is edging closer to fruition following the completion of the nursery phase. About 400,000 seedlings have so far been planted on 40 hectares. The phase has also created employment for 156 workers, who are working on the nursery as well as land clearance in preparation for transferring…

Mr Pius Wakabi Kasajja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), says the year 2020 was a challenging one that stretched the ministry. However, excellent planning and a high level of improvisation helped the ministry overcome the tide. Kasajja highlighted this and other gains in the agricultural sector during…

Whereas the agricultural sector continues to be prioritized by the National Development Plan, its growth continues to be hampered by fake products. In fact, agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, acaricides and vaccines are the most affected by counterfeits to the extent that over 60% of herbicides and pesticides on the market are fake.…

In Uganda, it is not uncommon to find a once thriving farming business crumble when the owner passes on or becomes too old to supervise. The failure is often a result of a poor succession strategy and failure of youth to get involved in farming. It is on this background that the Uganda National Young…

Dr. Patience Rwamigisa, the assistant commissioner, Agricultural Extension & Skills Management, has welcomed the streamlining of guidelines for professionalizing farmer organizations in Uganda. He said this on December 10 while officiating at the opening of the national consultative workshop on developing guidelines and standards for professional farmer organizations at Fairway hotel in Kampala. The Ministry…

The Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) and Africa Agribusiness Academy (AAA) have struck a partnership to foster a professional working relationship through mutual cooperation between the two organizations. This was reached at on December 7 between Mr. Kenneth Katungisa, the CEO, UNFFE and Mr. Farid Karama, the Executive Director, AAA. AAA is an entrepreneur network…