Agriculture
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Kyabandara SACCO staff pin management over NSSF arrears
Kyabandara SACCO staff members have petitioned the labour officer in Sheema district, accusing the SACCO’s management of defaulting on their monthly arrears and failing to remit their National Social Security Fund (NSSF)…
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Multi-million rice huller unused for two years due to lack of power
A 98 million-shilling rice huller belonging to Latyeng Farmers’ Group in Gulu district has remained unused for more than two years, due to lack of power to run it. The machine which…
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Soroti fruits factory management calls for ban on juice concentrate imports
The management of Soroti Fruits Factory has called upon government to ban all the importation of juice concentrates in order to promote local consumption of the factory’s all-Ugandan concentrate. According to the…
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Masaka Cooperative Union gears up to resume coffee export
The Masaka Farmers’ Cooperative Union is undertaking comprehensive restructuring aimed at resuscitating its coffee export potential. Registered in 1951, the union was established to strengthen coffee farming and marketing in the greater…
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Ministry of Agriculture to construct post-harvest handling facilities in 57 Districts
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries(MAAIF) has started on constructing storage facilities and rehabilitation of road chokes in farmer communities across the country. The development was revealed by the State Minister…
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Teso citrus farmers look to regional market in the post COVID-era
Contrary to widespread gloomy economic projections in the post-COVID future, citrus farmers in Teso sub-region are optimistic that they will grow their market share in the East African region due to “the…
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Kyegegwa farmer association stuck with 10 tonnes of maize
Members of Kyegegwa Fruit Farmers Association (KFFA) have cried foul as 10 tonnes of their maize rots away in storage as a result of the Covid-19-related lockdown. According to Emmanuel Mutungi, the…
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Masindi farmers demand for coffee hurler from government
Coffee farmers in Masindi district want government to establish a coffee processing machine within the district, saying that they produce enough coffee to sustain it. Masindi district has four active coffee cooperatives,…
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Lamwo: 400 LDUs deployed to plant sugarcane due to labour shortage
Four hundred Local Defence Unit personnel, LDUs, have been deployed to help plant sugarcane for Ayuu Alali Cooperative Society Limited in Lamwo district. The Ministry of Agriculture resorted to using the LDUs…
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Farmers frustrated over low banana prices
Banana farmers in Uganda’s western region have expressed frustration over the current spell of low produce prices that threatens to drive many out of business. Jomo Mugabe, a renowned farmer in Rukindo,…
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