Agriculture
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UCDA signs a deal with Russian agricultural trading company- Russkiy
Kampala – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has signed a deal with a Russian agricultural trading company Russkiy to start producing instant Coffee. In collaboration with the Ugandan Embassy in Moscow, officials from…
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Shs5 billion project to boost livestock farming in Acholi
Countryside Harvest, through its new project, has supplied 180 animals with the intention to improve animal production in the Acholi sub-region. The five-year support project will be implemented through a partnership business…
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Chinese investors construct Shs17.5billion modern abattoir in Kiruhura district
Sino Modern Agriculture Development Group Limited has constructed Zhong Wu beef abattoir at Nshara Industrial Park, in Nyakasharara sub-county Nyabushozi county with a target on the beef market in the Democratic Republic…
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Government to start acaricide zoning to address issues of tick-borne resistance
KIRUHURA – The government of Uganda is pushing for acaricide zoning to fight the tick-borne resistance that has greatly affected animal industry especially in the cattle corridor. Through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal…
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Ministry of Agriculture invests Shs 8.5 billion to promote coffee fertilizers
HOIMA – Ministry of Agriculture through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have launched a campaign to rejuvenate old coffee plantations in Bunyoro region through supplying fertilizers to registered farmers. The campaign was on…
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Stanbic Bank Uganda continues with bold steps towards Uganda’s Socio-Economic Recovery
KAMPALA – Last Thursday the 9th of December 2021, Stanbic Bank organized a breakfast meeting themed “Working together to drive Uganda’s Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery”; to share planned initiatives that are aimed at…
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Wildfire destroys more than 200 hectares of sugarcane plantation in Atiak
AMURU – Police are investigating yet another fire incident at Atiak sugar plantation that has reportedly destroyed more than 200 hectares. The Aswa River Region Police Public Relations Officer, David Ongom Mudong…
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Farmers reject OWC Cassava inputs over poor quality
KIKUUBE – Farmers in Buhimba town council and sub-county in Kikuube district have rejected cassava inputs which were supplied to them by Operation Wealth Creation (OWC). The farmers in Buhimba town council…
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OPM donates food relief to farmers affected by hailstorm in Masindi
MASINDI – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has donated 10 tons of maize flour and five tons of beans to the farmers who were affected by the hailstorm in the…
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Balaalo should compensate farmers for crops destroyed by their cattle, says RDC
SERERE – The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Serere district Ms Harriet Nakamya has ordered the Balaalo to compensate locals for all crops destroyed by their cattle. The RDC was responding to…
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