KAMPALA — Consultations on the Geographical Indications (GI) Act and its implementation which aim at popularizing the protection of Uganda’s unique products is in high gear. Today, the National Working Group led by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and…
In a bid to boost agricultural production through brand development and communication in Uganda’s agribusiness sector, Publics Africa Communications, a leading Public Relations firm in Uganda, has announced the ‘I am an Agriprenuer Youth Programme’ and is calling for applications…
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, has revealed that Uganda this year produced the highest quantity of coffee in the past 20 years, despite the challenges posed by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
In a bid to fight poverty amongst youth in Busoga Sub-region through the Emyooga Scheme, President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend handed over an assortment of the agricultural, salon, and tailoring, baking, and car washing machines to thousands of youth in Kamuli District, to help them become job creators.
Many people think that agriculture ends at growing crops, rearing livestock like cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, or fish farming and they ignore agroforestry which many people have benefited from by growing eucalyptus. However, experts in agripreneurship reveal that there are…
In a bid to help banana farmers preserve their produce and process it into various by-products, The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has introduced the usage of Solar Dryers under the Banana Livelihood Diversification Project.
Did you know that through container gardening you can grow vegetables, fruits, and other plants in your compound, backyard, or veranda and you sell them for money?
In a bid to help pineapple farmers in Kalangala District and Greater Masaka Region as a whole to add value to their agricultural produce, the government, through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), is set to establish a factory that…
Farmers in Uganda have decried the stringent conditions that were set by the government in order for them to be able to access funds from the Bank of Uganda through the Agriculture Credit Facility, such that they can mitigate the adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the agricultural sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has set up an advanced Endpoint Crop Inspection Area at Entebbe International Airport, where all agricultural produce for export shall subject to tests to ensure that they meet international standards before…
Cattle keeping in Uganda is one of the commonest income-generating agricultural activities, hence people engaging in dairy farming and beef production are agripreneurs. This is because Cattle keeping in Uganda as an agricultural activity entails several by-products that come along…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has introduced the Banana Livelihoods Diversification project in a bid to boost banana growing in Uganda and help farmers when it comes to adding value to their produce.
A new study has revealed that most of the tomatoes being consumed in Uganda are poisonous because they are contaminated with deadly pesticides.
Agripreneurship is a lucrative venture in Africa that is currently underutilized due to the limited knowledge that people have about it.
The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) are optimistic that the National Strategy for Youth Employment in Agriculture (NSYEA) is one of the quickest measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the Coronavirus…