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Item Farmers cash in adding value to gooseberry(Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-01) Muzaale, FredGooseberry 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.Item Coffee war will be won in London, not Lwengo(New Vision, 2026-02-16) Busharizi, PaulFor 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.Item Masindi sugarcane farmers protest weighbridge removal, minister demands action(New Vision, 2026-02-16) Kiva, Nelson; Gucwaki, YosamThe state minister for youth and children affairs, Balaam Barugahara has called for urgent stakeholder engagement over the closure of roadside sugarcane weighbridges, a move that has drawn criticism from some farmers in Masindi district.Item Uganda and china: Brewing stronger partnerships in the year of the fire horse(New Vision, 2026-02-18) Ministry of Agriculture Animal industry and fisheriesAs we celebrate the year of the fire horse, the government of Uganda extends warm new year greetings to the government and the people of the People's republic of China and to the Chinese community in Uganda. The fire horse symbolizes energy, resilience and forward momentum - values that strongly reflect Uganda's coffee sector and the rapidly growing Uganda-China Partnership.Item Fighting plant pests(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-10) Ssali, J MichaelPests are described as insects, bacteria, viruses, birds, and rodents that destroy crops by eating them or by infecting them with diseases.Item New regional staple foods standards to boost trade(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-09) Kamukama, EroineIntra-regional trade in quality cereals and pulses is expected to increase following the launch of the gazetted East African standards of staple food.Item Informal trade costs Uganda Shs 900b in maize revenue(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-06) Nakaweesi, DorothyTo protect Uganda's maize from cheap imports, sector players want government to enforce the regional standards.Item Squeezing money from passion fruits(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-10) Bbosa, DenisThere is a mad rush for passion fruit production as the market demand soars through the roof.Item Uncovering mysteries in banana plant(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Bwesigye, Namanya PrimaDr. Priver Namanya Bwesigye, the head of Biotechnology Laboratory National Research Laboratories(NaRL) in Kawanda believes that to be a scientist , is all about offering service to people. She heads a team of scientists finding solutions to food insecurity.Item East Africa coffee market expands(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ssali, J MichaelStarting 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.Item How we can save coffee scientifically(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ssali, J Michael"Why we should genetically modify coffee" by Ross Pomeroy published in Real clear science indicated that rising temperatures and diseases such as coffee rust and twig borer are bound to wipe out Arabica coffee.Item Abalo earns cash from white sorghum(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ocungi, JuliusWhite 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.Item Inside the fight for uganda's rice sector(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Okuda, IvanUganda's rice industry has registered an impressive growth in the last two decades. But the fights between senior government officials and a battle for supremacy between two leading firms has undermined the gains.