Agriculture
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PSST Ggoobi tours anti-tick vaccine facility at NARO – Nakyesasa
WAKISO, December 9, 2025 — The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury [PSST] Ramathan Ggoobi recently visited the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] anti-vaccine facility at Nakyesasa, Namulonge in Wakiso district…
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Social enterprise boosts Rubirizi farmers with commercial livestock training
RUBIRIZI, December 9, 2025 – Farmers in Rubirizi district are receiving renewed support to shift from subsistence to commercial livestock production, following a fresh training initiative by the Rural Initiative for Poverty…
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Acholi farmers count losses as dry season arrives early
GULU CITY, December 8, 2025 — The early arrival of the dry season has left many farmers across the Acholi Subregion counting heavy losses, as acres of maize, groundnuts and beans, wither…
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UCA trains cooperatives on coffee value chain and agro-industrialisation
MBALE CITY, December 7, 2025 — The Uganda Cooperative Alliance [UCA] on Wednesday conducted a regional capacity-building training on coffee value chain development and agro-industrialisation for cooperatives. The training, held at Mbale…
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Uganda flags off first-ever shipment of dried chili to China
KAMULI, December 7, 2025 — Uganda has officially flagged off its first-ever container of dried chili for export to the People’s Republic of China signaling deepening trade ties, stronger agricultural value chains…
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Tanzania: Joint registration of tobacco farmers kicks off in Tabora Region
DODOMA, December 6, 2025 —The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [TCDC], the Tanzania Federation of Cooperatives [TFC], the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority [TIRA], the Tanzania Agricultural Insurance Consortium [TAIC], financial institutions, and stakeholders…
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NARO promotes agriculture diversity through seed banks and fairs
LUWERO, December 4, 2025 – – The National Agriculture Research Organisation [NARO] through Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [MUZARDI], has launched a campaign to promote diversity of agriculture through establishment…
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ANT’s Muntu pushes for cooperatives, others to drive Uganda’s economic transformation
ADJUMANI, December 4, 2025 — The Alliance for National Transformation [ANT] presidential candidate, Gregory Mugisha Muntu, has said that for the West Nile Subregion and other regions of Uganda to achieve meaningful…
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EU endorses another one-year delay for EUDR implementation
BRUSSELS, December 4, 2025 — The European Union has voted to postpone implementing a key anti-deforestation law commonly known as the European Union Deforestation Regulation [ EUDR ] for the second year…
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Fairtrade International to overhaul its standards by 2028 to serve farmers better
KAMPALA, December 3, 2025 — Fairtrade International is initiating a comprehensive update of its standards, aimed at better supporting farmers, workers, and businesses in addressing critical social, environmental, and economic challenges. This…
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