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Agriculture
NAADS distributes Shs 4bln seedlings for macadamia and Hass avocado
KABAROLE – Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services [NAADS] Secretariat has so far distributed to farmers planting materials for Hass avocado and macadamia worth Shs 4 billion. Through the Nucleus Farmer…
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News
Teso fishermen warned against invading fish breeding areas
SOROTI– The Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement in the Directorate of Fisheries Resources, Daisy Olyel Aciro has warned fishermen in Teso Sub-region to keep off the fish breeding areas. This comes at a…
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East Africa
Rwanda’s best fairtrade coffees recognised
KIGALI– Bwishaza Coffee Cooperative and Abateraninkunga ba sholi were recently announced as the winners of the second edition of the Rwanda Kombe la Dhahabu Fairtrade Coffee Quality Contest. Bwishaza emerged as a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agro-processing facilities lie idle in Northern Uganda
GULU – At least 70 percent of the agro-processing facilities in Northern Uganda are reportedly lying idle affecting post-harvest management and the agricultural value chains. The national coordinator for Operation Wealth Creation…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lack of tea policy affecting Uganda’s farmers
FORT PORTAL– Tea is Uganda’s third most important agricultural export earner after coffee and fish, but tea farmers say they need a policy to regulate the sector. It is one of the…
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