Kampala, 18th October 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries has kick-started the rollout of the nucleus farmer model in Uganda. The model which was unveiled by Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja the Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries at the 2019 Top Policy Management Retreat in Masaka is one of the Ministry’s…

Kampala, 11th October 2019. Across Africa, the majority of the population depend on agriculture as the main source of livelihood and there is an increasing interest in agricultural investment for improving agricultural productivity and rural incomes. In Uganda alone, the Agriculture sector contributes to over 70% of employment. Technology has greatly contributed in fostering sustainable…

Entebbe, 11th October 2019. Guided by the mission, “To Transform Subsistence Farming to Commercial Agriculture,’’ the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries is organising an Agribusiness Matchmaking Expo through the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) with support from the World Bank. The objective of the Agribusiness Matchmaking Expo is to link qualified dealers in…

Kampala, 2nd October 2019. During a national launch event in Kampala, a new intervention for the livestock sub-sector has been kick-started the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries through the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank in collaboration with the Africa Agribusiness Incubators Network (AAIN), Excel Hort Consult, Operation Wealth Creation, the…

Kampala, 2nd October 2019 The fight against malnutrition has received a new boost. Following visits to beneficiary districts, the Uganda Multi-Sectoral Food and Nutrition Security Project has hosted an inter-ministerial workshop in Kampala to explore options of scaling up the project to cover the entire country. As representative of the host Ministry of the Project,…

Seeta, 26th September 2019. As a way of promoting equitable income generation from commercial agricultural, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has completed formulation of guidelines for inclusion of gender-sensitive plans in the next 5-year Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan and National Development Plan (NDP3). According to research from the Food and Agriculture Organization…

Mukono, 25th September 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), in conjuction with Office of the Prime Minister and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Strengthening Community Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risks (SCORE) project, has organized workshops for dissemination of guidelines for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Agriculture…

Entebbe 25th September 2019 Guided by the mission, “To Transform Subsistence Farming to Commercial Agriculture,’’ the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries has introduced an Agribusiness Matchmaking Expo through the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) with support from the World Bank. All eligible companies and service providers interested in participating in the Agribusiness Matchmaking Expo, in which the selected…

On the 16th of October 2019, Uganda will be joining the rest of the World in commemorating the World Food Day which is celebrated in honor of the day on which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945. The activities in Uganda are coordinated by the Ministry of…

Hydroponics which is a fairly new approach to producing horticultural products is the growing of crops without using soil. For this approach, crops are grown in either solid media or water or in air. The use of hydroponics allows farmers to benefit from, among other advantages, complete elimination of soil born diseases like bacteria wilt.…