In the letter, which URN has seen, Kaija asks the officers to recommend farmers who can apply for the tractors. He however, says the farmers interested in the tractors should have at least Shillings 20 million on their accounts and personal land measuring 50 acres and above.
Read more ...Fred Gonja, the Secretary Jatosi Landing site, says fish smoking and salting is preservation method used by low income earners. Gonja says that unless government wants to keep its citizens in poverty, there is nothing to change in the fish smoking process they currently use.
Read more ...While droughts are uncommon in Hoima, the length and severity of the dry conditions since September last year have strained cattle farmers. They endured dry conditions for more than five months, hand feeding their animals and forced to sell down stock as they run out of pasture and water during the prolonged dry spell.
Read more ...Otuke district in Northern Uganda has experienced a dry spell since October 2018 until late March 2019 when the region received intermittent rainfall. The pattern affected planting seasons in 2018 and the beginning of 2019, leading to severe food shortages.
Read more ...Museveni argued that growing of cotton should be left to people who own huge chunks of land like 100 acres while those that have up to five acres should adopt a four-acre development strategy. Under the four-acre development strategy, Museveni says a farmer should plant one acre of food crops, plant another acre of fruits, one other acre of coffee and finally one for pasture and animal husbandry.
Read more ...The State Minister for Environment Mary Goretti Kitutu challenged the women to use their influence of numbers to practically spearhead a massive tree planting campaign in their respective areas for purposes of restoring the destroyed environment features.
Read more ...The tractors were their major sources of income since they would be hired to farmers to use them in ploughing their fields. The veterans would charge 70,000 shillings for each hectare ploughed, and would at least save 200, 000 shillings daily. However, the tractors are grounded and efforts to have them repaired have been futile.
Read more ...According to Anite, the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called an expert’s meeting to discuss the issue next week.
Read more ...The President said that the production of citrus fruits in Teso sub-region alongside fish farming and poultry keeping can transform the region if perfected by the communities. He was speaking during the much-anticipated commissioning of Soroti Fruit Factory on Saturday evening.
Read more ...Masaka has for quite some time been yearning to be elevated to a city status but recently the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development excluded it from the list of those prospective cities over failure to meet the minimum requirements.
Read more ...A copy of Memorandum of Understanding - MoU that URN obtained was signed by Largo on 15 March while the Director of Karnavati Agro LTD, Bunthala Anzlkumar Babulal had signed it earlier on 28 February 2019.
Read more ...Ntungamo District Agriculture Officer Esther Atwiine says that the ban of such facilities is aimed at improving the quality of the coffee. Atwiine observes that the type and location of a factory has a serious impact on the quality of the product.
Read more ...The outbreak was announced at the beginning of the month following the death of more than 50 pigs. Authorities in Ntungamo have also ordered the authorities in the border sub-counties not to allow in any pigs from Mbarara.
Read more ...The move is aimed at ensuring that the national target of 20 million bags of coffee exported per year by 2025 is reached. Last financial year alone, coffee fetched over $492 million.
Read more ...This is the first time the district authorities of areas surrounding Lake Kyoga are suspending ultimate use of the water body.
Read more ...They were arrested by heavily armed Rwandan soldiers while digging in their gardens at around 9:00 am and taken into Rwanda.
Read more ...Between 1996 and 2016, the demand for the fruit has seen tremendous growth expanding by 88.2% in 2016 alone, according to Tridge, a platform that tracks global trade in different goods. In three years, the fruit exports grew by 315% and expanded by Shs 1005.6% in the last five years, Tridge said.
Read more ...One of the issues under probe is the possibility that it is spread by Mosquitoes. Previous studies had linked the spread of disease in Kamwenge to walking on barefoot.
Read more ...The scientists in a study published in the Journal of Insects have discovered that eggs of another moth originating from the America can be an environmentally friendly option to synthetic insecticides being used in the management of the pest.
Read more ...Statistics from the Finance and Economic Development Ministry show that agriculture received 28% (Shillings 283bn) of all loans disbursed in January up from Shillings 113 in December 2018.
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