Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has commended the government and the people of Denmark for the support to Uganda over the years. He singled out the 40 milk coolers and the USD 28 million Shillings fund to build the run-way among others. Denmark is supporting local …
Read More »FAO calls for linking agriculture with biodiversity in wake of pandemic
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Farmers across the world must connect agriculture with the protection of biodiversity and the environment to have a sustainable food supply system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday. “Biodiversity is vital to improving agricultural …
Read More »UK announces “bounce back” plan to boost agriculture, food and drink industry
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The British government unveiled Monday a package of measures to support businesses for the agriculture, food and drink industry, which have been greatly suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed as “bounce back” plan, it introduces a new program of physical and virtual events that have been …
Read More »In midst of pandemic, East Africa braces for another locust invasion
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus pandemic. Spurred by favourable weather conditions, the migratory pests have …
Read More »BUDGET: Gov’t to cut billions off travel, focus on agriculture
#UGBUDGET20 ✳ Sh45.5 trillion ✳ Cuts on travel, conferences ✳ Security Sh4.5 trillion ✳ Works Sh5.8 trillion ✳ Govt to borrow Sh11trillion ✅ 2020 – Sh45 trillion ✅ 2019 – Sh40 trillion ✅ 2018 – Sh32 trillion ✅ 2017 – Sh22 trillion ✅ 2016 – Sh20 trillion Kampala, Uganda | …
Read More »Famine looms in Kasese as crops dry due to floodwater silt deposits
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in the sub-counties of Karusandara, Maliba, Kanyangeya and Mubuku in Kasese district are facing a famine threat after their plantations began drying up as a result of silt deposits left by recent floodwaters. The floods followed a heavy downpour that pounded …
Read More »COMMENT: Bank of Uganda will kill the Ugandan economy, after Coronavirus
COMMENT | RICHARD OMONGOLE | Uganda’s post-Coronavirus economic failings are going to come from the IMF/World Bank supervised theoretical economists at Bank of Uganda. You borrow $491.5 million, then a mere $151m goes to budget support and Uganda Development Bank (UDB). A whole $340m is retained by Bank of Uganda …
Read More »CRAFT co-invests over Sh8 billion to boost East Africa’s food production
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan private sector agribusiness companies and service providers will benefit from grants totaling Sh8.4 billion offered by the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) project for East Africa. CRAFT has co-invested EUR 2,061,445 in grants to 14 private sector companies working in the sunflower, …
Read More »‘Stopping truck drivers would be suicidal’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said movement of cargo inside the country and from neigbouring countries is crucial for the running of esential services needed int he fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. He said therefore, it would be ‘suicidal’ for government to consider …
Read More »Britain mobilises workers from Europe to save crops
Britain turns to Europe to save its crops London, United Kingdom | AFP | To save fields of asparagus and strawberries threatened with rotting, Britain is mobilising a workforce of students, the unemployed — and workers from Europe. Little more than two months after leaving the European Union, accompanied by …
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