TANZANIA’s agriculture researchers are on high alert to contain the outbreak of a deadly banana disease, said to wipe-out 100 per cent of a plantation. The disease, Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4) affecting Cavendish banana has already been reported in northern Mozambique — near the country’s southern border. International […]
Small business operators are set to benefit from a $1 million (about Rwf843 million) grant from the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to support their growth. The grant will be rolled out over a period of three years in partnership with the African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC), locally known as Inkomoko, […]
Setting up an oil refinery remains a big headache for the country’s oil and gas resources Optimism is the mood as the countdown to Uganda’s first oil continues and pressure mounts on the government to put in place critical infrastructure necessary for oil production in four years. “The government should […]
Government has started an initiative to woo farmers who have unutilised land to allocate it to coffee growing in a move meant to achieve social economic transformation. Under the arrangement, the deputy chief coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Lt Gen Charles Angina, said the farmers will be required to […]
The assistant commissioner Petroleum Supply, Ministry of Energy, Mr John Friday, has said government has no control over fuel prices because Uganda is a liberalised economy. While addressing motorists from southwestern sub-region in Mbarara on Tuesday, Mr Friday said prices of goods and services in the country are determined by […]
The African continent has the potential to feed itself and even have surplus food to export to other parts of the world. But instead, the continent imports $35 billion worth of food and agricultural products every year, and if the current predictions hold, the import bill will rise to $110 […]
Against the clamour for more land to be handed to commercial farmers to feed Uganda’s exploding population, Bruce Robertson strikes a cautionary note. The Cambridge-educated Mr Robertson has been working in agriculture in Uganda since 1995 and warns that the rush to create big farms could backfire. “Uganda is a […]
The Minister of Agriculture Animal industry and Fisheries, Mr Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, has said government is losing a lot of income in the fisheries sector due to continued use of bad or illegal fishing methods. “Currently Uganda earns about $150m (Shs542b) in exports annually but some time back when all […]
The government is working to revamp agriculture research centres to make them more effective in dealing with the country’s need to increase agricultural productivity. The move comes after farmers raised concerns about agricultural technocrats and researchers not giving them quality seeds in a timely way, which affected their planting seasons. […]
The government of Germany has pledged to support Uganda to increase access to energy. This was revealed at the official launch of solar training equipment for experimental learning of the solar energy in the region. Up to 95 % of population use traditional solid fuels for heating, lighting and cooking, […]
The period between plantation and harvest of vegetables varies depending on the species and variety. Different vegetables have different maturity times, with most vegetables you can start harvesting within 90 days after transplanting to the main garden and others can be harvested after 40 to 45 days. Read More
The governments of Uganda and China have agreed to work together to promote agriculture skills and technological development in the country as one of empowering farmers. The two countries signed a two- year agreement worth $2.5m to support small–scale farmers in Uganda. Read Full Story
East African member countries have recorded a 26 per cent decline in export sales, a latest Mombasa auction report has shown. The report from the East African Tea Export Auctions held on April 10 and 11 shows that all the eight countries exported a total of 6.8 million (50-kilogramme) bags […]
After finding a temporary pesticide combination that works against the fall armyworm, Uganda’s scientists now seek a lasting solution to the pests that have invaded more than half of the country posing a significant threat to food security.
One of the core aspects of this strategy is to support processes that further advancement of farmer rights. This builds into our core belief that the capacity of small holder farmers to deal effectively with external stresses and opportunities, and to manage risk and vulnerability, including adaptation to climate change, […]
AfT believes that good policies are the cornerstone of good governance. Over the years, AfT has realized that Uganda’s policy processes overstate, under-look and sometimes over-regulates the public sector creating an implementation paralysis. Secondly, the quality of public policy and the implementation of public policy programmes in Uganda are significantly […]
The third action is to undertake pilot youth projects financed by public money which are promising but are not yet tested out to roll out with confidence. This action is equivalent to what happens in incubation centres and we would commit to documenting and sharing lessons. The value in doing […]
The second key action is to support youth groups through coaching and mentorship. We do not assume that coaching and mentoring is completely absent under the programme framework but given the volume of groups supported, the ministry can use the help of the third party to oversee some youth groups […]
The first key action is to carry out exploratory studies on a sample of youth projects that have been supported under the YLP programme to build a reference bank for youth initiatives showing their potential or lack of it. Youth projects will continue to grow exponentially as the programme carries […]
This is new challenge for AfT but one worth taking on. As already stated in the introductory chapter, youth unemployment is a severe problem in Uganda and there can not real progress when the majority of the youth are unable to find rewarding work. In our analysis to give direction […]