Agriculture

URN.The markets will be constructed in Kasangali Bwesumbu Sub County and Kinyamaseke town council. Kasese District has received 1.2 Billion Shillings for the construction of two community markets under the...

URN.FAO Uganda Country Representative, Dr Antonio Querido said programme aims at harnessing the agri-investments management skills, diaspora skills transfer, youth mentorship and market linkages following earlier recommendations from high level...

URN.The farmers near the irrigation plants demand that the system is widely expanded to a wider coverage such that its benefits can be felt by the general public instead of...

URN.Former state minister for animal husbandry Joy Kabasi warned that said in 30 years the indigenous breed would be wiped out in 30 years unless efforts were sustained to preserve...

More than 50 pineapple farmers are facing eviction from a 500-acre piece of land at Kaaya ranch in Luwero district. Last year, the farmers rented pieces of land ranging from...

URN.Lokeris Nakwang, a resident of Atedeoi village in Lotisan sub-county, says that hunger has forced them to start boiling hides for food. She says that they have eaten all sorts...

URN.The disease known as Banana Bunchy Top Virus affects the banana bunches by entering the plant and stopping it from forming bunches. Diseased plants rarely produce fruit and when they...

Tonny Odokonyero, a Research Fellow at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) says that the influx of people to the Albertine region is causing demand to outstrip supply for meat,...

URN.Alice Nannungi, the Masaka City Women Councilor representing Nyendo-Mukungwe demands that as the government commits funds to finance the PDM projects, it also makes deliberate interventions to secure markets and...

URN.John Lowal, a resident of Kangole, says that their cattle are only secure in the protected kraals and the community is scared of releasing oxen for ploughing for fear of...