Agriculture

The Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA has embarked on an enlightenment campaign to help stakeholders in the Coffee value chain n Rwenzori region understand the significance of the controversial National Coffee...

Sembabule district veterinary department is investigating a rare disease strain that has led to the death of several cattle in the area. The contagious disease has been reported on various farms in...

Coffee farmers have petitioned Parliament to direct the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allow coffee nursery farmers to supply seedlings to planters for later payments. The petition...

The prolonged drought in the Acholi Sub-region has seen a sharp decline in the production of Soya beans in the first farming season. Omoro District, one of the model areas...

The government is urging livestock farmers, especially in the cattle corridor to embrace interventions aimed at easing the impacts of drought. The cattle corridor, which includes the southwestern, central region,...

Farmers in the lower lands in Kasese district have asked the government through their leaders to link them to better and wider markets for their produce. The farmers argue that markets...

The army has downplayed the decision by three rival pastoral communities in Karamoja to establish a joint kraal to protect their livestock from raiders. On Sunday last week, the Jie of...

Agricultural extension service providers in Masaka district are worried that the high costs of agro-inputs may affect food production this season. Farmers are currently preparing their gardens for the next planting...

The Matheniko of Moroto, Jie of Kotido, and neighboring Turkana from Kenya have resolved to establish a joint kraal as one of the ways of ending the endless cattle raids....

The excavation of valley dams in Ntoroko district has failed to mitigate the water stress problem in the cattle corridor resulting from the prolonged drought in the area. In March...