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Vanilla harvesting to start in January, says minister Ssempijja
Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, has provided a roadmap for vanilla harvest by declaring January 11, 2021 onwards as the appropriate time to start harvesting vanilla for the second season of the year 2020. While appearing at the Media Centre in Kampala, Ssempijja said that for the past…
Read MoreFarmers call for articulate political representation
In light of Agriculture being the backbone of Uganda’s economy, with the biggest source of livelihood, foreign exchange and a major source of raw materials to the local industries, farmers through the Farmers’ Manifesto 2021 have expressed the need for articulate political representation in the 2021 general elections. The Farmers’ Manifesto 2021 details what the…
Read MoreMAAIF officials tip diaspora youth on agriculture opportunities
Uganda possess unlimited opportunities for youth if they choose to engage in agribusiness investments.This was the overall assessment at the end of the Ugandan Diaspora Agri-Food Investment Conference 2020 officiated by FAO Country Representative, Dr. Antonio Querido, and Hon. Victoria Ssekitoleko, the Executive Director Uganda Agribusiness Alliance (UAA) at the headquarters of the Ministry of…
Read MoreNew portal to improve utility of freshwater biodiversity in Uganda
The impact of water biodiversity on environment and human life conditions is a key issue in Uganda’s fisheries subsector. In this regard, NARO’s National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) has carried out enormous scientific investigation and socioeconomic studies on the country’s freshwater bodies, generating a number of reports about the state of freshwater biodiversity. Among…
Read MoreACDP recognized as 2020 best visionary government project
The Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) has been awarded the best Visionary Government project of the year 2020 at the annual Visionaries of Uganda Award ceremonies, for their outstanding contribution towards helping Uganda achieve Middle income goal and vision 2040. The ACDP, declared effective on January 23, 2017, is a partnership project of the Ministry…
Read MoreWorld Soil Day Message
Kampala, 4th December 2020. The Honourable Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries presented an official World Soil Day message at the Uganda Media Center. Below is an excerpt of the official statement. Today, the 5th of December 2020, Uganda will join the rest of the world to commemorate the World…
Read MoreOfficial declaration of Harvest Dates for Vanilla
Kampala, 4th December 2020. The Honourable Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries presented an official declaration of harvest dates for Vanilla. Below is an excerpt of the official statement. Vanilla is one of the high value crops grown in over 25 Districts of Uganda, mainly in Central, Eastern and Western…
Read MoreReaping from organised Commercial Agriculture: 5.5 Million Shillings per share to be paid out to Kalangala Oil Palm Growers
Kampala, 1st December 2020. Farmers organized under the umbrella Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT) are set to receive dividends worth UGX 5.5 M per share. This has been communicated in the official dividend payout letter from the Directors of Oil Palm Uganda Limited to the Management of the Trust and signed off by the…
Read MoreContract Signing for State-Of-The-Art National Metrology Laboratory Construction
Entebbe, 24th November 2020. Agriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors and in the last financial year, it registered a 4.8% growth. This is partly attributed to government aspiration to transform 68% subsistence farmers into commercial farmers. However, to achieve a sustainable commercialisation of the sector, government has to overcome the development bottleneck of capital…
Read MoreFood Processing Technology and Incubation Plant officially handed over
Kampala, 12th November 2020. The Ministry was represented by the Honourable Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and MAAIF Permanent Secretary Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja at a ceremony that marked the handover of the Food Processing Technology and Incubation Plant at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) in Kawanda. The…
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