Agriculture
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UCDA to establish a Shs.1 billion regional coffee learning hub at MUST
MBARARA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is in collaboration with Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to construct a coffee learning hub at Kihumuro Campus on Mbarara-Bushenyi road. In a…
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President Museveni commissions 346 km roads in Bunyoro
HOIMA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned various roads measuring to 346 kms in the Albertine Graben worth billions of shillings. The President commissioned the roads that include the 111km oil road…
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Kikuube district extension workers receive motorcycles
KIKUUBE – Kikuube District Local Government has procured three brand new motorcycles in an effort to improve extension services and production in the district. The UG Boss Motorcycles valued at Shs 30…
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MAAIF boosts Teso, Karamoja and Lango sub-regions in preparation for war against locusts
LANGO – A total of 23 districts from Teso, Karamoja and Lango sub-regions that experienced invasion by desert locusts in 2020 have received equipment worth Shs 3b, under the Ministry of Agriculture…
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Acholi leaders call for investigations into persistent wildfire outbreaks at Atiak Sugarcane works
AMURU – Leaders from Acholi sub-region have called for an investigation into the persistent wildfire outbreaks that have devastated sugarcanes belonging to Atiak Sugar Company and out growers. In December last year,…
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Farmers from newly created sub counties demand for Government Extension workers
AMURU – Farmers in newly created Lakang and Layima sub-counties in Amuru district are demanding for deployment of extension workers to boost their agricultural knowledge. The two sub-counties were curved out of…
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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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