By Isaac Senabulya on August 17, 2016
Alhaji Momodou Jallow, and the need to strengthen agricultural extension and advisory services countrywide., Deparrtment for International Development (DFID), Development partners who support the Agricultural sector in Uganda are unhappy with the way government pampers companies supplying fake seeds to farmers, especially those with big chunks of land, European Union (EU), FAO, French Embassy and Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) among others expressed their disappointment while meeting with the minister of Agriculture, government to put in place laws that punish those companies which supply fake seeds to farmers, government to start distributing free farm inputs to farmers, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ministry of agriculture to bring private sector on board, Netherlands Cooperation, the strategies for strengthening certification and regulation of the agricultural inputs market (fake seeds), Uganda Country representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja at FAO offices in Kampala, ways on how to finalize the formulation and approval of the irrigation policy, World Bank, World Food Programme (WFP)
Agriculture, Latest Uganda News
Development partners who support the Agricultural sector in Uganda are unhappy with the way government pampers companies supplying fake seeds to farmers. Representatives from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID), Netherlands Cooperation, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), European Union (EU), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Deparrtment […]
By Isaac Senabulya on August 10, 2016
campaign to inspire Ugandans, Civil Society Organisation, coffee development authority, coffee production, Cooperatives, finding markets, government, having youth taught on how to invest this money and also staining the enterprises set, how to add value on the produce, International Youth Day, Koboko district, local coffee consumption, Matthias Kasamba the director in charge of Coffee under the Operation Wealth Creation program.., Ministry of Agriculture, Nakiwala Kiyinji, setting up offices where they can meet to deliberate on developmental issues at district level, State minister for youth and children, statistics, Youth livelihood programme
Agriculture, Latest Uganda News
State minister for youth and children, Nakiwala Kiyinji, has said government is in the process of reforming the youth livelihood programme to enable more youths benefit from its projects. Kiyinji in an interview with journalists on Monday August 08, 2016 outlined the new reforms in the pipe line to include, having youth taught on […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on July 31, 2016
Agricultural credit., Agriculture Insurance, farmers, Farming as a business, financial institutions, government of uganda, Insurers, loans
Agriculture, Agriculture, Latest Uganda News
Government has released 5 billion shillings as part of its plans to support the implementation of the Agricultural Insurance Scheme. According to a, the press release, the plan will be implemented by 10 insurance companies under the Uganda Insurers Association. Many farmers groups have already been identified as key players in this process and they […]
By Zakaria Tiberindwa on January 30, 2015
Fruit growing in Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Gen. Yoweri Museveni, land fragmentation, modern farming in Uganda, Nebbi District, President of Uganda, Tobacco growing in Uganda, West Nile, West Nile sub-region
Agriculture, Politics & Governance
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told farmers to abandon their traditional ways of farming saying they have no place in the modern age. While flagging off the construction of Andibo Valley Dam in Pakwach, Nebbi district Museveni cautioned people from the West Nile Sub-Region against sticking to old farming methods which are […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 20, 2015
Agriculture, Latest Uganda News
President Yoweri Museveni has said that a special package of economic activities will be promoted in urban areas that are much different from those in rural areas in the new Wealth Creation Campaign that aims at getting rid of poverty from the population. The President made the revelation while addressing a public rally at Rukungiri […]
By Antonio Kisembo on June 7, 2014
Digitalising lands registry, Fake land titles, features of a genuine land title, how to avoid being a land victim, land evictions Uganda, land fraud, land victims uganda, Land wrangles in uganda, Ministry of Lands, Ministry zonal offices, Multiple land titles, Police lands office
Agriculture, General
Land is a key factor of economic production, so we are taught in school. But even before we study that, everyone has realized the importance of land- the house or houses where you have stayed since you were born is built on land, the food you eat is grown on land, just as the school and […]
