Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services has allocated three more billion shillings to Acholi Bur Cooperatives for cassava production. The NAADS Executive General Samuel Mugasi disclosed on Thursday in an interview with the Uganda Radio Network that the money is meant to support …
Read More »Atiak sugarcane outgrowers complain of non payment
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Casual laborers deployed to open up sugarcane plantations under Atiak sugar factory in Atiak sub county in Amuru district have raised complaints of non payment. Under their umbrella “Dwog Cen Paco” loosely translated, “Come Back Home”, the 119 casual labourers, most of them former abductees of …
Read More »Rwengaju sub county model farmers shun milk cooler
Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The milk cooler in Rwengaju Model Sub County in Kabarole district is operating way below capacity after it was shunned by farmers. The cooler, which is located in Kidubuli village, was donated to the farmers by National Agricultural Advisory Services – Naads in 2020 after farmers …
Read More »Kasese farmers turn to apple growing
Apple farming is quickly taking shape in Kasese district. The district is largely known commercially for growing maize, cotton, coffee and vanilla. However, the trend is changing especially in the mountainous areas with farmers shifting from cash crops to apple farming. Kasese has over 600 large scale apple farmers spread …
Read More »NAADS partners with religious leaders to drive agro-industrialization
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has partnered with religious institutions to help in the implementation of its agro-industrialization drive under the National Development Plan III. In a Memorandum of Understanding between the government and the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, the two parties hope to among other things, change …
Read More »NAADs starts verification of Atiak sugar project beneficiaries.
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Advisory services- NAADs has embarked on a two-weeks verification of the Atiak Sugar Project beneficiaries’ exercise. The exercise targeting about 2,500 farmers from Amuru, Lamwo, Gulu and Adjumani districts under Gem Pacilo cooperative Society started today and is expected to end by …
Read More »Atiak outgrowers’ cooperative society cry foul over unpaid cane seeds
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atiak Out growers’ Cooperative Society Limited has cried foul for unpaid sugar cane seeds worth over 300 million cut from their plantations. The cane seed were cut by Atiak Sugar Industry with approval from the National Agriculture Advisory Services-NAADS during the first planting season in …
Read More »Amuru leaders demand verification of Atiak sugar project beneficiaries
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district leaders are demanding for an expedited verification of Atiak sugar project beneficiaries. The sugar industry is a subsidiary company of Horyal Investment Holdings Company Limited and co-owned by the government of Uganda. It was founded in 2016 to work with over 4,000 …
Read More »Gov’t earmarks UGX 19 Bn to construct fruit processing factory in Nwoya
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services – NAADS has earmarked UGX 19 billion to construct a fruit processing factory in Nwoya district. The project whose main objective is to add value to the abundant fruits in the district and the entire region is …
Read More »Lamwo sugarcane project suffers setback as transportation of casual workers is halted
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposal by Horyal Investment Holding Company Limited to transport more than 300 casual labourers from Kamuli to Lamwo district has suffered a setback because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The company had planned to transport the labourers to Katunguru Pa Wod Ating Village in …
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