Category : Agriculture

“There is an increasing use and promotion of agro-chemicals including pesticides, herbicides, commodity chemicals and fertilizers, among others in Uganda and yet some of these...

The second season is expected to start this month although some areas such as Kayunga began theirs in mid-August and is expected to end in ...

Maize farmers in Luwero district are counting losses following the prolonged drought that has affected their crops. Households in 76 out of 100 parishes in...

The Ministry of Agriculture has donated a tractor valued at shs140 million to Teso Catholic Diocese in Eastern Uganda. The tractor was handed over by...

Peanut Innovation Laboratory Project, a project that was started four years ago and has been involved in crop research business is set to launch a...

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has claimed that most of the country’s problems, including the importing of diseases, stem from foreign wheat aid. “Ethiopia’s problem...

President Museveni has urged a Turkish investment delegation to tap into Uganda’s vibrant fruit processing sector to promote agro-production in the country. The President met...

Keeping dairy goats in Uganda can be as profitable as poultry and dairy cattle farming. Goat milk brings more income per litre than cow’s milk....

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared the drought affecting parts of the country a national disaster. The drought has affected 10 out of 47 counties....

A total of 112 farmers in Ntungamo and Itojo sub-counties  of  Ntungamo District are counting losses after a fire destroyed several crops, trees and other...