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President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to adapt commercial agriculture. Speaking at the commissioning of the FOL Rice Farm in Lamoki village, Anaka Sub- County, Nwoya district in Acholi Sub-Region yesterday, the President said that Ugandans needed to understand the difference between modern and local farming. READ: President Museveni Commiserates with landslide victims He observed […]
Government has confirmed nine people to have died of consumption of poisonous cassava plants in districts of Bugiri ,Busia and Tororo. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture Vincent Sempijja while responding to the concerns raised by the MP for Tororo county south Fredrick Angura and Kumi municipality MP Silas Aorgon over the people […]
State Minister for Animal Resources, Joy Kabatsi, has inaugurated a seven member board for Uganda Veterinarians, calling them to be quick in supporting cabinet to transfer veterinary drugs from the National medical stores to the ministry of agriculture. The Board which has not been in place for three years is chaired by Dr. John Nuwagaba. […]
Job Title: Communications Assistant Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Reports to: FAO Representative Vacancy Announcement Number: FRUGA/01/SPGS3/17 About US: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has a global mandate to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural […]
Job Title: Accounts Assistant Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda Reports to: Commissioner Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development About Us: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries established an Agricultural Investment Unit under the Department of Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development. The major objective of the Unit […]
Job Title: Programme Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda Reports to: Senior Programme Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation About Us: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries established an Agricultural Investment Unit under the Department of Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development. The […]
Job Title: Logistics Officer Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda Reports to: Commissioner Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development About Us: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries established an Agricultural Investment Unit under the Department of Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development. The major objective of the Unit […]
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)is set to embark on a vigorous exercise intended to register all coffee farmers in Uganda. Currently there is no documented data that shows the number of available coffee farmers in the country. According to Emanuel Lyamulemye, the authority’s managing director, this exercise will start as a pilot study at […]
The Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said his ministry has started the process of enacting a law which will help to guide all coffee farmers in the country. Ssempijja revealed this while meeting with a delegation from JAB Holding Company from America which is one of the largest coffee […]
MPs under Bunyoro Parliamentary caucus have announced a one week retreat in their region where they are to mobilize the area communities to engage themselves in active agriculture rather than sitting relaxed as they wait for the oil extractions. In a press conference held at parliament last week, the chairperson of the caucus who is […]