Agriculture
Agriculture
Fertilizer prices to increase in the next farming season due to COVID-19
Kamengo subcounty agriculture officer demonstrates to a farmer the amount of fertiliser needed for maize at...
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Boosting agriculture! Govt gives Church of Uganda two tractors through Operation Wealth Creation
Archbishop Dr Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu receiving tractors on Tuesday (PHOTO/Courtesy). KAMPALA - Church of Uganda...
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Govt sets dates for vanilla harvesting
Mr Christopher Ndugga and his wife Irene tend to their vanilla garden (PHOTO/Courtesy). KAMPALA – The...
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Minister Ssempijja flags off pesticides for spraying caterpillars in Kayunga, Luweero
Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja (R), the Agriculture minister speaks to the press as he sees off pesticides...
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Agriculture ministry starts demolishing another floating island on Lake Victoria
Ministry of Agriculture starts demolishing floating Island at Port Bell on lake Victoria (PHOTO/File) KAMPALA —...
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COVID-19 CRISIS: Covid-19 could drive 265m people to starvation, WFP warns
Arif Husain, a Senior Economist at World Food Programme warned on the expected effects of Coronavirus...
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COVID -19 CRISIS: World leaders task WFP to lead COVID-19 fight in Africa
The vast majority of the 97 million people to whom WFP provides food assistance live in...
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COVID-19 CRISIS: UN launches agricultural fund to prevent food crisis in wake of COVID-19
IFAD’s new multi-donor fund, the COVID-19 Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, will mitigate the effects of the...
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Govt gives UGX12b to 64 farmer groups to boost post harvest handling, value addition
Mr Pius Wakabi Kasajja, the Agriculture Ministry permanent secretary (PHOTO/File). KAMPALA - The Ministry of Agriculture,...
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Govt to set up small-scale irrigation systems for coffee farmers countrywide
Government has revealed plans to resort to irrigation as climate becomes more unpredictable (PHOTO/Courtesy). KAMPALA -...
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