By Charles Muchoki In a leap forward for the agricultural sector in Kinoni Subcounty, Nyabushozi County, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries marked a monumental event on 06/01/2023. This date will be etched in the memory of the local community as the day when the Rwobusisi Dairy Cooperative Society received a transformative asset: a 3000-capacity milk cooling…
By Elizabeth Shumbusho In Uganda, smallholder farmers grapple with the challenges of limited land and resources. Amidst this struggle, a revolutionary approach to agriculture is making waves. The story of individuals like Sarah, a farmer with a one-acre plot, is unfolding as a testament to the power of integrated farming in combating hunger, poverty, and climate change. Betty Kibaara,…
By Elizabeth Shumbusho In a decisive step to bolster Uganda’s vanilla sector, the Ministry of Agriculture has earmarked January 5, 2024, as the commencement of the nationwide vanilla harvest, extending over three months to April 5, 2024. The announcement by Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the State Minister for Agriculture, comes at a critical juncture following a tumultuous pricing period in…
Nairobi, Kenya – Against the backdrop of the bustling Africa-Korea Agtech Innovation Summit in Nairobi, Uganda’s Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, delivered a thought-provoking discourse that resonated with the summit’s overarching theme of leveraging Disruptive Agricultural Technologies (DATs) to propel Africa’s agricultural sector into a new era. The two-day summit, a culmination of the World Bank-backed Innovation Challenge,…