Jun 23, 2010 By Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) To Meet the First Millennium Development Goal of Halving Hunger Halving Hunger IFPRI Food Policy Report Statement to Policymakers Global banking regulation, the European credit crisis, and sovereign debt burdens are likely to dominate the G8 and G20 meetings in Canada […]
The government of Uganda has announced increased investment of the agriculture sector in order to boost food security, improve agriculture productivity and increase incomes for most Ugandans, 75% of whom are employed in the agriculture sector. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Syda Bbumba said the government is allocating more funding this 2010/2011 […]
A new UN backed report has underscored the need to invest more in agriculture and energy if countries and the world in general is to achieve sustainable dev elopement in the 21st century. With current production and consumption of fossil fuels and food draining freshwater supplies, triggering losses of forests and other ecosystems and raising […]
The United Nations World Food Programme and the city of Rome, the capital of Italy have agreed to work together to improve efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity in different parts of the world. The agreement was signed yesterday in Rome, where the UN food agency headquarters are located. According to a press release […]
Microfinance institutions are the main source of financing for many farmers across the country. Many MFIs have a strict regime of repayment, from over 3% interest rate per month to weekly repayment instalments. Farming is not only a long-term activity, but also risky as farmers are faced with vagaries of weather, pests and diseases as […]
Kenya based KickStart International, the producers of the renowned Moneymaker pumps have reached an agreement with Today’s Children Africa’s Future (TCAF) to start distributing their human driven MoneyMaker irrigation pumps in Uganda. The irrigation pumps will empower farmers in the East Africa country through enabling them to possibly get as many as three crops a […]
Ultimate Media President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Amolatar district and Ugandans in general to improve their household income by engaging in commercial farming. The President was yesterday addressing a rally in Amolatar Boma ground, Amolatar cell in the newly created district of Amolatar at the conclusion of his 3 day tour of […]