Agriculture

KAMPALA, Uganda (UGNEWSLINE) - The Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA) has marked 10 years of promoting collaboration, learning and improved business support services for agricultural small and medium enterprises (agri-SMEs)...

KAMPALA — Dei BioPharma plans to buy more cassava from farmers now that its processing plant in Namasagali, Kamuli District, has a dedicated transformer feeding its power line. Dr Matthias...

Parliament has urged the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) to modernise its 3,000-acre maize farm in Kyankwanzi and turn it into a regional food-production hub. The call was made when the...

By Million Belay (PhD) For too long, Africa’s agricultural future has been narrated as a story of rescue: outside finance, outside technology and outside expertise arriving to modernise farmers who...

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Uganda has formally endorsed two major regional frameworks aimed at strengthening food security, agricultural investment and seed systems across the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region....

Across many rural communities, young people with disabilities continue to face barriers to participating in financial services, agricultural value chains, and livelihood opportunities. Limited access to information, inaccessible processes, inadequate...

MASAKA, September 5, 2026 — Farmers in Masaka City are counting heavy losses following nearly four months of persistent sunshine and drought that have left coffee, matooke and other food...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has today commissioned the distribution of fertiliser supplied by M/s ITRACOM Fertilizers Uganda, marking a significant step in Government’s efforts to...

Rain on an iron-sheet roof can sound like reassurance. Dust settles, gardens turn green, farmers return to their fields, and seasonal streams begin to fill. After a dry spell, the...

KAMPALA — Uganda must step up investment in agricultural research, modern farming technologies and value addition if the sector is to deliver greater returns to farmers and the wider economy,...