Port Bell, 27th April 2020. In the wake of weed/floating island occurrences on Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga, a Committee was constituted by Top Policy Management of the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries. The sub-committee on surveillance and reporting, as constituted by Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja the MAAIF Permanent Secretary. Below is the…

Port Bell, 25th April 2020. The floating islands between Ggaba and Mukono are being successfully eliminated and should not move towards the Dam in Jinja. As of today, this is the extent of clearing at Port Bell in a day’s work by the team with equipment commissioned by Mr. Pius Wakabi the MAAIF Permanent Secretary.…

Buvuma, 17th April 2020. It is a new dawn for farmers signed up for the National Oil Palm Project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Buvuma received the first batch of 190,000 of pre-geminated oil palm seedlings on 16th April 2020 and planted…

Jinja, 23rd April 2020. The joint team of experts from line Ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has achieved success in clearing the floating island at the Nalubale Power Station. The same collaboration is being used to handle other floating islands moving on Lake Victoria. Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja the Minister…

Kampala, 21st April 2020. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is embarking on controlling more floating islands on Lake Victoria in collaboration with other line Ministries and Agencies. Some of the chunks of floating mass were sighted in hot-spots of Ggaba, Port Bell and Mukono, spanning a combined coverage of over 100 acres.…

Below is a Press Release from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (A MAAIF Partner) on efforts to prevent rural food crisis in the wake of COVID-19. Rome, 20 April 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for…

Jinja, 19th April 2020. Good news coming out of the Nalubaale Power Station indicates that the joint work between the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries through the Fisheries Directorate, teams from the UPDF, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Water, UNRA and ESKOM Uganda has so far displaced the island closer to the shores.…

Show Host: Mr. Andrew Kyamagero Topic: Desert Locust invasion and COVID-19 as threats to Food Security, opportunities and solutions. Summary from Hon. Minister’s submissions: Agriculture is among the lucky sectors in the world, as market for agricultural produce is shooting up in the face of the deadly covid-19 which has crippled almost all other sectors…

Kampala, 7th April 2020. Uganda has received new swarms of Desert Locusts from the East, as recorded by Surveillance and Geo-Information Teams in the North Eastern region of the country. Below is an excerpt of the official statement presented by Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries at the Media…

Moroto, 3rd April 2020. Ground surveillance teams have recorded the entry of a new swarm of Desert Locusts from the East into the country today. However, as operations commence to handle the invasion basing on lessons from the first phase, the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries advises the general public, media and local…