Weather prediction is a challenge that many farmers suffer especially those growing crops like barley. According to Livingstone Tumusiime, a farmer in Bufundi Sub country, Rubanda district, often they plant seeds and suffer severe moisture stress due to unpredictable rains or sometimes prepare their gardens but the rainfall does not come. “Being unable to tell […]
By Kezirone Wokubira In the last few months, since the outbreak of the COVID 19, pandemic, banana Farmers suffered a historical price fall crisis for their bananas, the price of a bunch of banana commonly referred to as Matooke dropped to almost 5000 shillings ($1) from its 20,000 shillings mark in open market(about $4). This […]
By Grace Musimami Sasakawa Africa Association Uganda anon governmental Programme has launched COVID 19 interventions to support extension service providers across the country in an effort to reach Farmers and increase production during the COVID 19 Pandemic production season, according to Dr Roseline Nyamutale Sasakawa Country director, many farmers were not producing normally because they […]
Grace Musimami A cross section of stakeholders have embraced a new project by the international institute of tropical agriculture (IITA) to control and mitigate Aflatoxin at farm level using a biological control product called Aflasafe. The stakeholders who included grain traders, academia, Farmers, media and Policymakers welcomed the four year project recently launched in Uganda […]
After assessing farmers from West Nile, Northern and Western regions, today the judges have embarked on the Central region to finalise the judgement exercise. The judge’s led by Victoria Sekitoleko, Chairperson, Uganda Agribusiness Alliance and a former Minister of Agriculture, Augustine Mwendya, former Chief Executive Officer, Uganda National Farmers’ Federation, Dr. Emma Naluyima, Best Farmer, […]
A new cocoa seed variety called “Brazilian cacao” is bringing smiles and hope to Cameroon Farmers, the seed that offers far better yields offers a positive direction to the growth of the Cameroonian farmer and economy. According to Antoine Mani Tonye , a Cameroonian cocoa farmer, the new variety has already brought healthy yields and […]
By: Kezirone Wokubira The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD ) and Ecobank Group have committed resources to Africa’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). During a recent second virtual workshop facilitated by McKinsey, provided an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of sustaining market access and strengthening capabilities for MSMEs. During this session, high level representatives from […]
