Agriculture

The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Ssempijja, confirmed that Uganda too is under attack by the armyworm and that it was fast destroying maize and sorghum crops and some species of pasture grass. Now Shs25 billion...

The current levels of infestation and the rate at which the Striga, a parasitic weed that seriously constrains the productivity of staples such as maize, sorghum, millet and upland rice is growing is devastating, the Ministry...

President Yoweri Museveni once again swapped the presidential motorcade for a bicycle as he returned his Kawumu Presidential Farm in Makulubita, Luweero. The presidential motorcade has, at least temporarily, been replaced by a bicycle, which...

Despite an ailing economy, Uganda has the most entrepreneurial women in the world according to a new study. The Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) report released recently, revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in...

State Minister for Agriculture Vincent Ssempijja has said birdflu outbreak is under control and government together with other stakeholders are working to ensure that trade in poultry and poultry products resumes. "Everything is almost back...

Renowned AgResults Uganda has announced a Legume Seeds Pilot in Kampala to improve access and availability of high quality legume seeds to improve health and nutritional outcomes of people. By making conditioned seed storage facilities available,...

President Museveni has commissioned an ethanol distillery at Kakira Sugar Factory in Jinja on Monday. The $36 million facility established by the Madhvani family will produce 20 million litres of ethanol annually. Kakira Sugar also...

Seven men armed with rifles recently raided President Yoweri Museveni’s farm in Kisozi, Gomba District, stealing his cows and killed one guard next to renegade Gen. David Sejjusa’s farm. According to one of the policemen...

As members of Parliament on Wednesday resume the debate on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), sharp criticism has emerged with the public fighting against the passing of the bill into law. The Science and Technology committee...

A US$ 52 million International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) loan repayable in 2018 to boost vegetable oil development in Uganda has been rocked by a scam run by fraudulent government officials in the island...