By Gerald Businge on June 26, 2010
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to the Executives of Albatros Energy Company, to encourage other investors to come and invest in Uganda’s agro-processing sector to help improve Uganda’s household income and reduce hunger. Uganda remains pre-dominantly an agricultural country. The Uganda agricultural sector employs over 80 percent of the country’s labour force but poor […]
By Gerald Businge on June 26, 2010
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From Action Against Hunger USA Country: Uganda Region: Kampala Job Type: Employment Job Location: Field Directing HQ: Action Against Hunger – USA Job Duration: 12mths Language(s): English Minimum Experience: Humanitarian Job Objectives: Objective 1: General management of the nutrition activities and strategy • Supervises the technical work of the nutrition teams in the field (treatment, […]
By Gerald Businge on June 26, 2010
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From Action Against Hunger USA Country: Uganda Region: Karamoja Job Type: Employment Job Location: Field Directing HQ: Action Against Hunger – USA Job Duration: 4mths Language(s): English Minimum Experience: Humanitarian Expiry Date: Jun 30 ’10 Job Objectives: JOB DESCRIPTION To assess, define and implement a community based communication strategy in Kaabong & Moroto districts. The […]
By Gerald Businge on June 26, 2010
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A new study by scientists from the United States has indicated that pregnant Muslim women who fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan are more likely to give birth to smaller babies who get learning disabilities in their adulthood. According to the study, the effects are realized more when pregnant women fast in their […]
By Gerald Businge on June 25, 2010
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Consumer bodies in Uganda want Tabacco companies to clearly engrave the health warnings and the anti smoking warnings on Cigarette packets to reduce on the effects of cigarette smoking in the country. The current markings on Uganda cigarette packets are small warning which is not clearly visible saying “Ministry of Health Warning, Cigarette smoking is […]
By Gerald Businge on June 25, 2010
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Ugandan men have been challenged to take the lead in the campaign to have couples test for HIV/AIDS so as to help reduce the effects of the epidemic in the country. The Programme officer of the Health Communication partnership Jude Ssenyonjo, says HIV testing among Ugandan married couples enables them to know their HIV/AIDS and […]
By Gerald Businge on June 25, 2010
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Insights from a research paper By Gerald Businge and Risdel Kasasira presented at CTA Media Conference in Brussels, Belgium in October 2009 on The role of the media in agricultural and rural development of Africa Caribbean and Pacific countries. Introduction: Media Coverage of Agriculture and Rural Development Issues This paper is informed by findings of […]
By Gerald Businge on June 25, 2010
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Pests have attacked Kayunga district, destroying hundreds of hectares of coffee plantations sending area coffee farmers in panic according to the Uganda Ministry Agriculture. The Commissioner in charge of crop protection in the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Bulegeya Komayombi told journalists today (25th June 2010) that the pest is moving at […]
By Gerald Businge on June 23, 2010
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Elias Simuntu is today one of the most successful farmers in Uganda. Apart from being assured of stable income every farming season, Simuntu leads a farmers group that sells food commodities to WFP and other major food buyers. But not all farmers are able to sell to WFP even after it launched the Purchase for progress to buy direct from farmers.
By Gerald Businge on June 23, 2010
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Leaders of rich countries under the G8 and G20 have been called upon to adopt a smarter, more innovative, better focused, and cost-effective approach to reducing hunger and halving global poverty. The International Food Policy Research Institute in a new policy report released on Wednesday said a new approach is needed to achieve the first Millennium […]