Agriculture
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West Nile coffee farmers advised to ensure quality control for the international market
NEBBI – Coffee farmers in West Nile region investing in organic Arabica coffee have been advised to maintain the quality of coffee beans in order to maintain coffee quality that suits the…
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National Coffee Act inspires debate on new laws on registration of farmers
UGANDA – The Executive Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, has revealed that Clause 26 of the National Coffee Act has inspired debates on a new law on farmers’…
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Thai taxi cooperatives turn the rooftops of idle cabs into mini gardens
BANGKOK (AP) — Taxi fleets in Thailand are giving new meaning to the term “rooftop garden” as they utilize the roofs of cabs idled by the Coronavirus crisis to serve as small…
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Heavy downpour kills one, properties worth millions destroyed in Masindi
MASINDI – A 32-year-old woman has died after being washed away by running water as a result of a heavy downpour in Kimina village, Kiruli sub-county, Masindi district. The incident occurred during…
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More than 31m people likely to face food insecurity and hunger in East Africa
KAMPALA – An estimated 31.4 million people in the Eastern Africa are likely to face acute food insecurity and hunger unless states take appropriate response mechanisms. A regional research report by the…
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Farm credit giving Omoro and Amuru women farmers a lifeline
OMORO – Dero-she capital, a local community-based organization (CBO) is helping more than 170 rural women in Amuru and Omoro districts to profitably engage in agriculture by extending farm credit to them.…
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Post Bank Uganda trains more than 100 farmers on loan management in Acholi Sub Region
GULU – More than 100 farmers from various farmer groups and cooperatives in Acholi sub-region have been trained on loan management skills by Post Bank Uganda. The one-day training held at Boma…
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Why Zimbabwe’s ‘great river people’ feel cut off from their trade
ZIMBABWE – BaTonga tribe traditionally made their living fishing along the Zambezi River and Lake Kariba. But expensive permits and national fishing industry regulations are impeding their way of life. Farai Matiashe…
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Leveraging Ugandan food systems to attain SDGs by 2030
The Secretary-General of the United Nations will convene a Food Systems Summit in September, 2021 in a bid to accelerate the implementation of the Decade of Action to Achieve the Sustainable Development…
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OWC to focus on technical and political leaders and not NAADS officers in their project implementation
SOROTI – Leaders of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) have decided to change strategy by moving away from engaging National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) officers to engaging technical and political leaders in their…
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