Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences

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    200 jobless as company shuts down
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-08) Omollo, Joseph
    More than 200 employees of Agro Trust Seed processing company in Tororo District have been rendered jobless after the Ministry of Agriculture directed it's closure.
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    Abalo earns cash from white sorghum
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ocungi, Julius
    White sorghum farming has brought good tidings to Jackie Abalo. Using the proceedings from sales, the single mother has managed to buy land and expand her farm.
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    Agribusiness to benefit from yield fund
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-09) Karungi, Zuurah
    The fund seeks to support businesses with a clear competitive advantage and ambitious local management.
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    Agro-processing, road projects transform Rubirizi communities
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-08) Ainebyoona, Felix
    Farmers and residents of Rubirizi District have reason to smile following the installation of Agro-processing facilities in the area.
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    Anzoa is profiting from pigs
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-10) Okudi, Martin
    Clara Anzoa Aya has been recording profits since she ventured into piggery in 2011. She is one of chicken and pork products in west Nile and northern Uganda districts including Moyo, Arua, Adjumani, Gulu, and Lira.
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    Bishop promotes fish farming
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-10) Okello, Felix Warom
    Arua diocese has turned to promoting fish farming in an effort to out an end to malnutrition in families. Owing to he fact several families cannot afford to eat balanced diet food especially containing protein, the diocese through caritas has started training 45youths in aquaculture especially fish farming in Arivu sub county for the next four years.
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    coffee consumption low
    (Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-10) Mudhanga, Kolyangha
    The chief executive officer of Inspire Africa, a company that promotes local coffee consumption, Nelson Tugume has said low domestic consumption of coffee in the country is affecting it's pricing.
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    Coffee traders supported to grow export volumes
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-06) Ndhaye, Moses
    More than 2,000 coffee roosters, traders, and producers around the world will gather in Kampala next week to glean lessons on increasing coffee production in the country.
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    Coffee war will be won in London, not Lwengo
    (New Vision, 2026-02-16) Busharizi, Paul
    For three decades, Uganda's coffee story has been told as a triumph of liberalisation. The state retreated from direct marketing. Private exporters flourished. Volumes climbed to roughly seven million 60kg bags annually. The sector became more efficient and competitive. That reform worked. But liberalisation solved the efficiency problem; it did not solve the value problem. In a global coffee economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually, the real constraint has never been how much we grow; it is where we sit in the value chain.
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    Diseases that attack animals
    (Daily Monitor., 2018-03-01) Okot, Lawrence
    Many livestock farmers undergo untold suffering when their animals suddenly fall sick and they cannot reach a veterinary officer. Below are the common conditions and diseases that cause sudden death in sheep and how to handle emergencies in the unlikely absence of a veterinary.
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    Diseases that attack sheep
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Katende, Christine
    Many livestock farmers undergo untold suffering when their animals suddenly fall sick and they cannot reach a veterinary officer. Below are the common conditions and diseases that cause sudden death in sheep and how to handle emergencies in the unlikely absence of a veterinary.
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    Dr Ahimbisibwe harvests cash from urban farming
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-10) Bbosa, Denis
    Dr Allan Ahimbisibwe, a youthful statistics graduate, is practicing his passion for smart farming to curb the challenge that many give as a reason to run away from agribusiness.
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    East Africa coffee market expands
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ssali, J Michael
    Starting with Uganda, which led in performance, recording a 36 percent growth in production, more than double that of Rwanda and Ethiopia at 17.6 and 16.3 per cent, respectively, the region did well for itself.
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    Experts punch holes in shs22b agri-business project.
    (Daily monitor, 2018-05-17) Nakirigya, Shabibah
    Agriculture experts have punched holes in a shs22.2b government project launched yesterday to help incomes through increased production. Government in partnership with Kilimo Trust and Alliance for a green revolution in Africa launched the project that it hopes will boost the production in the agriculture sectors.
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    Farm Clinic to tackle Climate Smart farming
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-20) Bbosa, Denis
    According to Shedrach Muhangi, a climate change champion. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) can be defined as agricultural practices that sustainably increase productivity and system resilience while reducing greenhouse gases.
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    Farmers acquire latest farm skills
    (Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-03) Angurini, Tom Brian
    Farmers in Namayumba Town Council have learnt modern methods of farming after getting training at Namayumba Epicentre for Fighting Hunger.
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    Farmers cash in adding value to gooseberry
    (Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-01) Muzaale, Fred
    Gooseberry is considered a wild plant however farmers have started growing it for commercial purposes and value addition. Farmers- Were Abbas and Fred Matovu explain to Fred Muzaale how they use a solar drier to produce a medicinal product from the berries.
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    Farmers urged on concept
    (Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-10) Angurini, Tom Brian
    Farmers have been urged to embrace the concept of one stop centre concept to empower them to establish sustainable value chains for thee selected enterprises within rural communities.
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    Farmers worried over cattle theft
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-17) Ainebyona, Felix
    Security officials have advised farmers in Ankole to carefully scrutinize people they employ to look after their livestock. Maj Martha Asiimwe told the district council on Monday that 14 cases of cattle theft were reported in April and 16 cases this month
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    Fighting plant pests
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-10) Ssali, J Michael
    Pests are described as insects, bacteria, viruses, birds, and rodents that destroy crops by eating them or by infecting them with diseases.