Kampala, 5th March 2020. Aquaculture Extension Materials that have been upgraded to match current sector trends have been launched in Kampala today by Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. The materials were developed in partnership with the USAID Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Agriculture Activity and have been…

Kampala, 5th March 2020. The USAID Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Agriculture Activity has been officially closed in Kampala at an event where the Ministry was represented by Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Ms. Beatrice Byarugaba the Director for Agricultural Extension Services who also represented the…

Kampala, 3rd March 2020. Hon. Bright Rwamirama the Minister of State for Animal Industry presented a public statement through the media at the Uganda Media Centre today as part of the continual efforts by the Ministry to provide regular status updates and public advisory. An excerpt from the statement is as follows.  The Desert Locust…

Kampala, 25th February 2020. Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries presented a public statement through the media at the Uganda Media Centre today as part of the continual efforts by the Ministry to provide regular status updates and public advisory. An excerpt from the statement is as follows. Why…

Kampala, 18th February 2020. Hon. Bright Rwamirama the Minister of State for Animal Industry has addressed the media at the Uganda Media Centre alongside Mr. Antonio Querido the Country Representative for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) today. Below is an excerpt of the status report. Status of the Desert Locust…

Moroto, 15th February 2020. Coordination and planning meetings for field team leaders of the Desert Locust Control Operations in Karamoja sub-region and Teso sub-region chaired by Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. Background to the invasion The first swarm of desert locusts in the country…

Kampala, 10th February 2020. Additional consignments of pesticide and spraying equipment have been commissioned at the Kololo Airstrip in Kampala by Hon. Henry Aggrey Bagiire the Minister of State for Agriculture. With more supplies being delivered and surveillance teams already on the ground in Karamoja Sub-region, the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries hereby…

Kampala, 9th February 2020. With the Desert Locusts invasion now within the boundaries of Uganda, the National Task Force coordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister was convened for an emergency meeting at 7pm today to communicate the roll out of the contingency plan that was communicated here ( https://www.agriculture.go.ug/uganda-free-from-locust-attack/ ). Rt. Hon Ruhakana…

Mwanza, Tanzania 8th February 2020. Construction of new state-of-the-art ferry for Oil Palm Growing groups under the Vegetable Oil Development Project and National Oil Palm Development Project kick-started in Mwanza, Tanzania. The keel laying ceremony (equivalent of groundbreaking for buildings) was undertaken by Hon. Henry Aggrey Bagiire the Minister of State for Agriculture who was…

Kampala 5th February 2020. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries was represented by Top Policy Management led by Hon. Vincent Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Hellen Adoa the Minister of State for Fisheries, Hon. Bright Rwamirama the Minister of State for Animal Industry and Mr. Pius Wakabi Kasajja…