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Item 15,000 youth to benefit from agri-business fund(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-18) Kasemire, ChristineThe youth in Uganda are set to receive $19m (Shs68.4b) for agri-business development in the East African Youth Inclusion Program (EAYIP).Item 2,000 delegates expected at African coffee conference(New Vision, 2018-02-12) Manishimwe WilsonAccording to Emmanuel Lyamulemye, the head of Uganda coffee development Authority, the delegates include coffee roasters, traders, producers and professionals.Item 2015 best farmer imports 10,000 chicks(New Vision, 2017-09-04) Kato, JoshuaBasangwa, a 2015 Vision Group Best Farmer, visited the Netherlands in 2016 and it was during the trip that he visited Verbeek Hatchery, Holland, one of the main breeders of day-old chicks. He vowed to start importing chicken from them.Item 2018 Best famers competiton launched(New Vision, 2018-01-26) Mutegeki GeoffreyThe 2018 edition of the Harvest Money's Best farmers Competition has been laaunched with a call to Ugandans to embrace the farming sector.Item 280,000 Coffee farmers in Busoga decry lack of market(Daily monitor, 2018-01) Philp WafulaThe farmers say the company which took over their union is more interested in maize and sorghum and not coffee.Item 300 pigs die of swine fever in Masaka, quarantine imposed.(Daily Monitor, 2017-01-19) Mugenyi, Brian; Aliga, IssaQuarantine has been imposed on the movement of pigs in and out of Kimanya/ Kyabakuza Division in Masaka District following the outbreak of African swine fever that has left more than 300 pigs dead. The fever is a contagious viral infection that spreads rapidly in pig populations.Item 4ps approach to boost commercial agriculture.(New Vision, 2017-11-28) Lule, Jeff AndrewWith the 4Ps approach, farmers are regarded as partners and not as beneficiaries. This means they are involved in decision-making and negotiations. For a partnership to be effective, one must have a shared vision and dream, and most cases, there is a market gap to be addressed, such as a need for vegetable oil.Item 81-year-old Kanyike makes the most of mixed farming.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-09) Bbosa, DenisDairy farming is indeed embedded in 81-year old Henry Kanyike's DNA. As you are ushered into his compound at Kiteezi, a Kampala suburb, your first sight is a dilapidated tractor and the sounds of mooling cows.Item 9 years later, farmers still wait for Walking tractors(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-19) Mufumba, IsaacOn June 12, 2008, Dr Ezra Suruma, then minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, announced in his Budget speech for 2008/2009 that the country was to import walking tractors for distribution to farmers ahead of the next planting season.Item A turn of the tide: Uganda unveils homegrown anti-tick vaccine in major leap of Africa's livestock sector.(New Vision, 2026-05-05) New visionOn April 30th, 2026, Uganda marked a defining moment in its agricultural transformation journey as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially launched the country’s first locally developed anti- tick vaccine and commissioned a state-of-the-art production facility, an achievement being hailed as a breakthrough not just for Uganda, but for the wider African Continent.Item A weekend in animal company.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-03) Batte, Edgar. RHow about you have a relaxed getaway at Uganda Wildlife Education Centre? Edgar R. Batte explores.Item Abim farmers demand better services(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-12) Tumwebaze, SarahFarmers in Abim District are demanding better agricultural services that will enable them to improve their farming practices in abid to alleviate famine.Item Add value to those Worms, maggots(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-31) Desire MbabaaliHigh cost of feeds is among the challenges farmers face today. when it comes to poultry farming, the prices of poultry feeds keep fluctuating causing poultry farmers uncertitnity and obviously, higher costs of productions.Item Adjumani farmer turns apiculture into green enterprise.(Daily Monitor, 2026-03-23) Taibot, MarkoIn the quiet rural setting of Leaguru village in Pakele sub-county, Mr Zake Eberu is steadily building a livelihood from an unlikely but thriving enterprise, apiculture.Item Agribusiness must consider national interest(Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-15) Farmers, WeeklyFormer south African finance minister Pravin Gordhan has suggested that delegates attending the Farmer's Weekly Agribusiness Africa Conference in Johannesburg initiate an agricultural chapter of the CEO InitiativeItem Agribusiness transforming Northern Uganda(saturday monitor, 2017-06-24) Namuwoza, CharltonThere is sufficient evidence to suggest that agribusiness development can enable an agrarian economy realise economic transformation since it permits access to quality inputs for production and productivity, facilitates value addition or processing delivers employment opportunities, generates demand for farmers produce and offers income to small holder farmers.Item Agricultural education through music is a welcome strategy(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-27) Serumaga DavidI attended a press conference at Uganda media centre where operation wealth creation (OWC) officials announced Kadongo Kamu Music Grand Finale Competitions, which are scheduled to take place on December 16 at Kololo independence grounds.Item Agricultural production(New Vision, 2018-01-26) Kato JoshuaCurrently, there are over 18 sugar factories, with an installed capacity of over 440,000 million tonnes per yearItem Agriculture Committee wants more funding(New Vision, 2017-12) Karugaba, MaryThe agriculture sector is one of the major areas of Uganda's economy, contributing about 23% of the country's gross domestic product.Item Agriculture is more than just farming(New Vision, 2018-01-19) Busharizi, PaulThe second annual Harvest Money Expo, held this weekend, was a great success. Judging by the number of people who trooped to Namboole for the event.