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Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) to boost agriculture in Uganda

The food and agriculture organization (FAO) has earmarked 32 billion shillings to boost agriculture in Uganda. The outgoing FAO representatives in Uganda Percy Masika told the journalist in Kampala that 22.8 billion is for emergency rehabilitation program in the northern Uganda and Karamoja while 9.4 billion will supplement the ongoing FAO activities especially the cattle […]

China urges Uganda to allocate more resources to agriculture

China urges Uganda to allocate more resources to agriculture

The Chinese government has asked government has asked policy makers in the country to ensure more resources are allocated to develop the agriculture sector. The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhugiang said, although government is focusing on developing the industrial sector, the agricultural sector must not be ignored. He said the agriculture can provide employment […]

Agriculture Minister Tress Bucyanayandi says Uganda will not face food shortage

 The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Tress Bucyanayandi has said Uganda has enough food to avert food shortages that may exist in different parts of the country. He says that farmers in different parts of Uganda have started harvesting and that the yields are good. “Farmers are the cardinal factor in the food […]

Uganda Journalists asked to pay to cover agriculture show

Journalists from Busoga are protesting by the decision reached by the organization of the Jinja source of the Nile agricultural show to charge them Ten thousand shillings (10000) to cover the show. Trouble between the journalists and organizers of the agricultural show started last week after journalist were ordered to pay 10000 shillings in order […]

Stephen Kagwera urges Ugandans to embrace commercial agriculture

The chairperson of the agriculture committee of parliament and Member of Parliament for Burahya county, Stephen Kagwera has advised Ugandans to practice agriculture as a business as a way of fighting poverty. Kagwera says that the agriculture sector in Uganda aims at fighting poverty, famine, creating job opportunities and to add value on Uganda’s produce. […]

Commercialisation of Agriculture to remain priority for Uganda, but financing challenges remain

The government of Uganda has promised to continue structural transformation of agriculture sector from the current subsistence based farming to modern commercial agriculture. According to president Yoweri Museveni, the government wants to ensure farmers transit from the and hoe to mechanized agriculture, from depending on rain to irrigation, and add value to their agriculture produce. […]

Uganda opposition wants more resources for health, agriculture and infrastructure in 2011/2012 budget

With the country now waiting to hear the budget reading slated for Wednesday this week by the finance minister  Maria Kiwanuka, leading opposition party FDC is advising govt to increase the budget allocation for health, agriculture and transport. Speaking to reporters today at party offices in Kampala, FDC’s deputy publicist, Toterebuka Bamwenda says the health sector should be […]

Uganda government urged to streamline agriculture extension programme

The south division NAADS coordinator Linda Ryce has advised the ruling national resistance movement and the NAADS secretariat to make some adjustments in the NAADS phase two guidelines. Speaking during the annual review workshop held at Buhinga primary school in fort portal municipality yesterday, the NAADS coordinator observed that the procurement of technologies at village […]

Civil Society urges Uganda government to develop investment plan for Agriculture

The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group has urged the government of Uganda to develop an investment plan for agriculture in order to increase the government budget allocations to the agricultural sector. Whereas agriculture is a major sector of Uganda’s economy with the National Service Delivery Survey revealing that two thirds of Uganda’s population that is […]

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