Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district farmers are questioning the rationale of the micro irrigation scheme. Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is piloting the scheme in 40 districts to boost production as part of the National Irrigation policy 2040. The government has targeted …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Agriculture has broken bad news to vanilla farmers that they will be earning less money from their harvest this year due to a fall in the price of the crop on the world market. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Pius Wakabi Kassaja says the construction of the National calibration food laboratory will cost about Uganda shillings 14.9 billion. Calibration is regarded as a process where measurements of a test instrument or equipment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Bududa district have shunned artificial insemination because they are not willing to part with 20,000 Shillings to have their cows fertilized with better breed semen which would not only tremendously boost their milk yield but also produce disease resistant stock. In 2016, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,820 farmers in Kwania district have subscribed for the unique Agricultural Cluster Development Project -ACDP. ACDP is a five-year government project initiated in 2018 to improve on-farm productivity, production, and volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specific geographical clusters of the country. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has imposed a temporary ban on importation of live birds and other poultry products from the Netherlands to combat the spread of the pathogenic avian influenza. In a statement dated November 5th, 2020, Dr. Anna Rose Ademuh, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Commissioner in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries has revealed that most veterinary officers in Uganda are administering treatment without proper diagnosis of animal diseases. Dr. Anna Rose Ademun Okurut, who is in-charge of animal health says that many veterinary officers tend …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries has lifted the ban on the sale of animals and their products in Kotido, Kaabong and Abim districts. In November 2019, the Ministry imposed a quarantine in the three districts following an outbreak of foot and …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has undertaken initiatives to boost fish farming in Masaka sub-region, as one of the measures to address unemployment among youth and women. The Ministry’s Undersecretary Ronald Ssegawa Gyagenda says that their technical teams have identified two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has lifted the ban on the sale of animals and their products in the district. In 2019, the Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Ministry imposed a ban on the sale livestock to contain the highly contagious …
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