Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In a bid to enhance agricultural productivity in Uganda’s Karamoja region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), introduced a mechanization initiative aimed at transforming …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to consider enacting a policy requiring all large scale farmers to plant trees on a specified percentage of land. The legislators said the policy would stimulate efforts to mitigate the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) needs Shs660 billion to combat food security in the country. Out of this, Shs400 billion will be for boosting production, establishment of silos and food reserves. These recommendations are contained in the report of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bright Rwamirama, the State Minister in Charge of Animal Industry has intervened in a dispute on the enforcement of livestock quarantine in Sembabule district. Rwamirama and Dr Rose Ann Edmund, the Commissioner in Charge of Health and her Assistant, Doris Kiconco on Thursday were in …
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