The woman Member of Parliament for Serere district Alice Alaso has demanded for speedy extension of foot and mouth vaccine to the eight districts of Teso. Alaso told parliament that since the quarantine was put on the movement of cattle inTeso over the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, the government never sent the vaccine to the area to solve […]
The Kabarole district chairman, Richard Rwabuhinga has urged the NAADS) national Agriculture Advisory Services) secretariat to initiate measure to bring the youths on board to enable them benefit from the program. Rwabuhinga says that during the campaign period, the youths challenged the government for not engaging them in the NAADS program. He explains that despite […]
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. […]
Farmers in Ibanda town council have rejected poor quality farm inputs that were supplied to them under the NAADS program. The rejected faarm in puts include 20 heifers , 32 she goats, 20 piglets and 130 chicks. The farmers accuse the NAADs procurement committee of conniving with suppliers to swindle NAADS money. Eridadi Buchirolo one […]
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 […]
President Yoweri Musveeni has defended the high taxes on fuel saying most fuel is used for luxurious purposes. The government currently charges a 850 shilling tax per liter of petrol, 530 shillings per liter of diesel, and 200 shillings per liter of kerosene or paraffin. Speaking on Thursday evening during a live address about the […]
In a move to curtail increasing prices of agricultural products, government has proposed to invest in irrigation schemes to ensure farmers can produce food crops all year through. The Minister of Information and National Guidance, Kabakumba Matsiko said this while reacting to increased public concerns of rising food prices that have increased the standard of […]
The government of Uganda has sought the permission of Parliament to borrow 108 billion shillings from the International Fund for Agricultural Development to finance the second phase of the Vegetable Oil Development Project. The project which was conceived in the 1990’s to reduce Uganda’s heavy reliance on imported vegetable oil in its first phase has […]
By Gerald Businge Software and web-search giants Google on Monday November 1st, 2009 launched the online Google Trader pilot in Uganda to connect sellers and buyers of goods and services, including in agriculture. Google Trader online is part of the SMS-based services that the company launched in June 2009 in Uganda. The service is aimed […]