Alito joint cooperative gives United seeds ultimatum over shs91m debt
The farmers have given the United Seeds up to April 23 to clear the outstanding amount of over shs91m.
Category: Agriculture
How community seed bank is empowering farmers in Lamwo
The seed bank is governed by a handwritten constitution of 30 farmer members with a majority of 25 female and 5 male farmers.
DK Odongo advises gov’t to provide walking tractors in every village
Ajuri County MP (GCW) Obua says the tractors are in fulfillment of the National Resistance Movement manifesto of sifting people of Uganda from subsistence agriculture to commercial venture.
Over 300 farmers in the north equipped with proper nursery beds set up skills
An agronomist said the soil around Northern Uganda and the entire country do not have sufficient nutrients and farmers have to learn how they can effectively supplement the nutrients for a higher yield.
Teso citrus farmers want Soroti flying school upgraded to an international airport
There are an estimated 8.2 million productive citrus plants in Teso producing over 1.2 million tonnes of oranges.
World Bank urges farmers to adopt eco-farming practices to fight the climate crisis
As climate change wreaks havoc globally, farmers are increasingly finding it tough to grow crops with expectations for reliable harvests.
tndQuestions I The big story of The Avocado Company of Uganda
The Avocado Company of Uganda is an agricultural company that was established in 2019 in Western Uganda, with the aim of developing an avocado value chain for the hass avocado.
In Buliisa, keyhole gardens are powering EACOP-displaced women to rise above hunger
For Bero-Irwoth, she has since trained more than 300 women in the Albertine region under environmental rights group ‘Tufanye pamoja’ (meaning “let’s work together) in Swahili language.
Adjumani: refugees to fight food insecurity, malnutrition
Mr Titus Jogo, the refugee desk officer of Adjumani commended the nationals for accepting to share land with the refugees.
Interview: ASARECA ED Dr. Enock Warinda on working with the National Agricultural Research Institutes
We will still persuade the governments to work together with us, the IUCN and so forth to make our farmers better, we don’t need to leave them worse than we found them, says ASARECA ED.
High-level sustainable agriculture dialogue in Kampala addresses urgent need for change
By prioritizing land health through sustainable agriculture, organisers and participants believe the Kampala dialogue will improve crop production, biodiversity conservation, human well-being, and overall climate change resilience.
Besides contaminated foods, hazardous waste disposal poses a threat to water sources in Gulu
According to a research done by ESAFF Uganda in 2022-2023, about 600 million various food types consumed globally are unsafe.