By Kusiima Treasure Peter on March 10, 2021
Burundi bans maize imports from Uganda, East Africa, Kenya
Africa, Agriculture, Agriculture, Business & Finance, Business news, Environment issues, Events, Featured, Latest Uganda News, Press Release, Regional, Relationships, Research M & E

Burundi has joined Kenya in banning the importation of maize grain and flour imports for the next six months. In a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday, March 8, 2021, indicated that the maize they recently imported was “not good” and could affect people’s health. “While this grain and flour is […]
By Zuurah Karungi on August 8, 2020
Afforestation in Uganda, deforestation in Uganda, NRM
Agriculture, Agriculture, Environment issues

Water resources, wetlands, biodiversity and ecosystems and forests are what make up a great environment. To preserve and protect them, the NRM government has put strong policies, laws and regulations on how people can manage them. In the Manifesto, the NRM government promised to do the following to preserve the environment. It promised to focus […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on January 23, 2020
Defence, Desert Locust, Dr. David Phiri, East Africa Community Affairs, East African Community, Environment, Ethiopia, FAO Sub regional Coordinator for the Eastern Africa and Representative of the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Finance, IGAD, IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Inter-Ministerial meeting comprising Ministries of Agriculture, internal affairs, Isiolo, local government, Mandera County, Marsabit county, Meru and Laikipia counties, north eastern region of Karamoja, Presidency and Disaster Preparedness and Uganda Wild Life Authority, Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Samburu, security, south of Wajir and Garissa, Uganda-Kenya border, Uganda's Ministry of Information and National Guidance, United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation
Agriculture, Latest Uganda News

Ugandans have been advised to stock food as a precautionary measure to counter the effects of desert locusts that are a mere 166 kilometers from the Uganda-Kenya border in the north eastern region of Karamoja according to Uganda’s Ministry of Information and National Guidance. Turkana is about 166km from Karamoja, meaning the locusts can reach […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on January 12, 2020
AggreyBagiire, desert locusts, Eriteria, Ethiopia, FAO, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, uganda ministry of agriculture
Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture, Latest Uganda News

Uganda’s ministry of agriculture has announced that it is on high alert over an eminent threat of desert locusts that have invaded the East African Region especially the neighboring Kenya. The revelation was made on Friday by Aggrey Bagiire, the State Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries during a press briefing at the Ugandan […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on January 29, 2019
Coffe, uganda, Uganda Christian University
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Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono has launched an initiative to add value to Ugandan processed rice. This is aimed at encouraging students to practice agriculture after school. Through a partnership with the Uganda private sector dealing in quality rice and coffee processing, UCU is set to train agribusiness students unique ways of adding value to […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on August 9, 2018
Bank of Uganda Agriculture Credit Facility, finance minister, Lt Gen Charles Angina, Matia Kasaija, Operation Wealth Creation, World Food Programme
Agriculture, Business & Finance

The government of Uganda has committed a sum of Uganda Shillings 100 billion towards re-stabilizing the maize prices.The money will be available in a weeks-time and channeled through Bank of Uganda Agriculture Credit Facility. A 15 per cent interest rate shall be levied from businessmen interested in getting the loan to buy the Maize grains […]
By Agencies on July 19, 2018
agribusiness, Apollo Segawa, CURAD, Stanbic Bank Uganda
Agriculture, Business & Finance

Story By Sierra Ruth Stanbic bank Uganda is to invest UGShs. 400 Million in micro and small scale agribusinesses. It has partnered with CURAD, an agribusiness to bring about agribusiness development. The main aim of this partnership to target micro and small agriculture business through offering management skills. It also includes training the small business owners to explore […]
By Isaac Senabulya on June 1, 2018
2018/19 financial year budget
Agriculture, Business & Economics, Business & Finance, Business news, Education, Education, Education, Education & Students, Featured, Housing & Real Estate, Latest Uganda News, Oil, Politics, Regional

Parliament has finally passed the budget for the financial year 2018/19 worth 32.5 Trillion shillings. The passed budget includes the recurrent Expenditure of 9.4 trillion shillings, Development Expenditure of 13 trillion shilling s and statutory expenditure of 10 trillion shillings. Parliament also passed the Appropriation Bill, 2018, authorizing the public expenditure from the consolidated fund worth […]
By Phillimon Badagawa on May 28, 2018
Armyworm, Bhavik Doshi, Fall Armyworm Tech Prize, Feed the Future, Nesta
Agriculture, Business & Finance

Fall Armyworm Tech Prize received the highest number of entries from Uganda according to the announcement made by Nesta on behalf of Feed the Future. A total of 228 applications were received, mostly from Africa. The global Fall Armyworm Tech Prize aims at finding digital solutions to identify, track and protect crops from the pest, which has devastated agricultural produce across the […]
By Isaac Senabulya on May 24, 2018
Parliament of Uganda, Rebecca Kadaga, The Speaker of Parliament, Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP), women enterprise fund
Agriculture, Business & Economics, Business news

The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed government to stop using funds meant for the Women Enterprise Fund to train local government officials about the project. Kadaga made the directive at a workshop that was updating members of parliament on the implementation of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship programme at parliament. She said that the local […]