Sud Control: Second Phase of Jinja Operations Commissioned
Jinja, 5th June 2020. Hon. Hellen Adoa the Minister of State for Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries undertook a supervisory visit to Masese Fish Landing Site this morning. The visit also involved the Commissioning of Sud Control Operations for Jinja and community engagement with the fishing community of Masese. The…
Read MoreVanilla Sub-sector Statement as presented by Hon. Henry Aggrey Bagiire, Minister of State for Agriculture
Kampala, 4th June 2020. Hon. Henry Aggrey Bagiire the Minister of State for Agriculture presented a Vanilla Sub-sector Statement to the public through the media at the Uganda Media Center in Kampala. Below is an excerpt of the Official Statement. I thank you all for heeding the Directives of H.E. The President of the Republic…
Read MoreOil Palm Farmers Earning More from Group Marketing and Sales
Kalangala, 29th May 2020. Farmers in the Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust under the National Oil Palm Project who were transformed from engaging in subsistence farming have to date achieved the following in sales and incomes. Jointly, the farmers sold 4.565 million kilograms of Fresh Fruit Bunches valued at 2.67 billion shillings in March and…
Read MoreA sector undergoing transformation: A Downloadable version of the Statement is available below
Kampala, 25th May 2020. Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja accompanied by Hon. Bright Rwamirama the Minister of State for Animal Industry and Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja the Permanent Secretary presented this progress report. An excerpt from the report indicates that the 2014 Population and Housing Census figures indicated that close to 80% of the households in…
Read MoreOngoing launch of Matching Grant Facility Infrastructure under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project
For the Ministry’s Agriculture Cluster Development Project, Hon. Aggrey Bagiire the Minister of State for Agriculture and Hon. Bright Rwamirama the Minister of State for Animal Industry have launched Matching Grant infrastructure and commissioned works on farm access roads in the clusters. Launching the construction site for storage and installation of a rice mill and…
Read MoreICT Innovations for Agriculture: The 2019 Disruptive Agricultural Technology Challenge Finalists
Kampala, 22nd May 2020. The following are the finalists that made it to the Proof of Concept sessions of the 2019 Disruptive Agricultural Technologies Challenge out of 88 applicants. A look at the timeline: About the DATS Challenge: https://www.agriculture.go.ug/uganda-to-host-first-disruptive-technology-and-innovation-challenge-how-and-why-you-should-apply/ The finals in Kampala: https://www.agriculture.go.ug/innovators-in-ict-for-agriculture-awarded-at-dat-challenge-finale-in-kampala/ Other finalists from the Kampala sessions Notes for editors About the…
Read MoreFloating Island Control: Additional equipment deployed to Murchison Bay area
Port Bell, 14th May 2020. Additional Excavators commissioned by Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries for control of suds on Lake Victoria in operation today. Agricultural Mechanisation and Fisheries Muscle of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Equipment and machinery from the MAAIF…
Read MorePress Statement on Floating Island Control
Port Bell, 5th May 2020. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has held a Press Briefing with the aim of briefing the public about the cause, status and control of floating islands on the water bodies. The media practitioners have been briefed by Hon. Hellen Adoa the Minister of State for Fisheries and…
Read MoreLabour Day Greetings from the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries
In commemorating this International Labour Day, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries recognizes the farmers who feed the country and all value chain players including our operators in the fast-growing sub-sector of Agricultural Mechanisation and the Agricultural Sector Scientists. The same goes out to Agricultural Sector Staff across Uganda. Ministry Mission: “To Transform…
Read MoreUganda’s Coffee exports still growing despite global and national crises
Kampala, 29th April 2020. As reported by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the Coffee sub-sector Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Coffee exports in March 2020 amounted to 477,561 60-kilogram bags worth $45.87M. This comprised 385,978 bags ($33.09M) of Robusta and 91,583 bags ($12.78M) of Arabic. This is an increase…
Read More