Tag Archives: farmers

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament today unanimously rejected the proposal to deregister coffee farmers who fail to meet standards set by Government in regards to coffee growing. Parliament has been discussing the National Coffee Bill 2018 that among other things seeks to register all coffee farmers, and deregister farmers …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UN through the United Nations Capital development Fund-UNCDF have rolled out a five-year program for promoting digital innovation with the aim of addressing challenges within the agricultural sector especially in rural areas. The US$ 15-million program is funded by Sweden, a UN member country …

Isingiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several farmers along the Uganda –Tanzania border in Isingiro District are crying foul after losing over 300 acres of crop gardens to Tanzanians. Farmers often cross to Tanzania through porous entry points during the planting season where they hire land from Tanzanian for farming. However, …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A sizeable percentage of locals in Acholi Sub-region whose livelihood were affected by the lockdown directives issued by the government to contain COVID-19 have embraced farming as an alternative for sustaining their livelihood.   The government issued lockdown restrictions in March, a move that saw the …

Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Bunyangabu district are stuck with bananas following a reduction in the prices. The price reduction is attributed to increased production and the covid-19 lockdown which affected the movement of traders to purchase bananas from the farmers. A bunch of bananas which was …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in Labongo Amida Sub County, Kitgum district have protested the exclusion from independently sourcing for service providers for a project being implemented under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund- NUSAF-3. The group comprising of 60 farmers under Abilgiri Watershed received 70 million shillings …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district council has approved a supplementary budget of 192 million Shillings for the Agricultural Cluster Development Project- ACDP. The five-year project was initiated in 2018, to improve on-farm productivity, production and volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specific geographical clusters of the country. …

Under this scheme, a farmer is required to pay about 30,000 shillings per acre to insure their crops each season. Once their crops are affected by either drought or rain, they are entitled to a minimum compensation of Shillings 150,000 per acre of the crop depending on the market price. …

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 …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Gulu district are yet to embrace the Electronic Voucher Management System (EVMS). The system was launched in January by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries to distribute agro-inputs to farmers through accredited dealers. This is part of the 150,000 …