As farmers return to garden and are reporting army worm, government says that the army worm to stay in farmers gardens for some time as the researchers are developing scientific biological methods to deal with the persistent army worm. The minister of Agriculture Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja said that as government intensifies ways of stopping army […]
Government is set to institutionalize the purchase of fortified maize flours to enable students at institutions of learning to eat food rich in minerals and nutrients. This was disclosed by the head of Nutrition programme at the Ministry of Health Dr. Jacent Asiimwe while speaking at the Fortification Assessment meeting held in Kampala, adding that government […]
The Minister of state for refugees and disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru has refuted allegations of retaining part of the relief items meant for Bulambuli landslides victims. This follows allegations by Buyaga West county MP Bernabas Tinkasimire that Ecweru didn’t deliver all the 800 bags of maize flour to the victims. Ecweru says proper procedures were […]
The World Food Program says it will begin buying food grown by small-scale farmers in Acholi, northern Uganda The UN food agency says it has signed a contract to buy 154 metric tons of maize grain from grain traders in Gulu district. According to a news release, the WFP Country Director Sory Ouane has described […]
Farmers around Uganda are in a planting season. So as farmers plant crops we have decided to bring to you the pests which destroy our crops and how they could be fought. Even if farmers plant high quality products but fail to fight the pests, they stand to lose their produce. The following are […]