Early Career Fellowships: The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) aims to encourage critical debate and policy dialogue on the future of agriculture in Africa. Founded in 2005, the Consortium is a partnership between leading research-based organizations in Africa and the UK, with work focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. FAC […]
International Training Programme in Food Safety, Quality Assurance Systems and Risk Analysis Grants: Ghent University – Department of Food Safety and Food Quality – is offering a three months International Training Program in Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Risk Analysis. Food safety is related to microbiological, chemical and physical hazards and is resulting in short […]
The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) will be holding their first General Assembly in December, in Entebbe, Uganda. The General Assembly that is attracting participants from the 10 ASERECA member countries begins on Wednesday December 14th and closes on Friday December 16th. The GA was launched last week, together […]
By Solomon Akugizibwe On Thursday 4th August, 2011 Toro Development Network (ToroDev) Staff had a tiresome but rather fruitful journey to the pre-dominantly maize growing areas of Kamwenge District in Western Uganda. The reason was to asses’ progress of ToroDev’s in Partnership with Stem van Afrika interventions in Rural FM radio broadcasting for Entrepreneurship Development […]
The chancellor Mountains of the Moon University in Kabarole district Professor Edward Rugumayo is calling upon government to introduce new agriculture technologies to enable the farmers realize an agricultural revolution to spear head industrialization. Prof Rugumayo says that the manual hoe and a panga used by many Uganda farmers may not create a bigger impact […]
Following the complaints by farmers and seed producers about fake and adulterated seeds on the market, Gerald Businge interviewed Bulegeya Komayombi, the Commissioner for Crop Protection in Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture about the government’s efforts to solve the problem and to develop the seed and crop development sector. Below are excerpts: – Qn: Does the […]
The Disaster Ministry is warning that about 25 districts across the country are mostly likely to be affected by hunger if no immediate interventions are not taken to avert the situation. These districts include Namutumba, Ibanda, Amuria, Moroto, Katakwi, Nakasongola Moyo among others. The state minister for disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru attributes the looming hunger […]
A farmer in Masaka is making significant progress in fighting the Banana bacterial wilt using herbal solution to treat infected plants. The 55 year old Gerald Ntabazi retired electrical Engineer mixes human and animal urine with 15 different herbs to make the solution that he administers on the affected plants. Ntabazi says that he got the […]
World leaders have been called upon to minimize food wastage as one of the key strategies in ensuring food security in different parts of the world. According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting […]
The woman Member of Parliament for Serere district Alice Alaso has demanded for speedy extension of foot and mouth vaccine to the eight districts of Teso. Alaso told parliament that since the quarantine was put on the movement of cattle inTeso over the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, the government never sent the vaccine to the area to solve […]