Agriculture
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Uganda maps its fish farms for the first time and the numbers tell a big story
Uganda has, for the first time in its history, conducted a full census of its aquaculture sector, and in doing…
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Central Bank pushes banks to improve access to agricultural and SME financing
The Bank of Uganda has intensified efforts to expand access to affordable credit for farmers and small businesses, even as…
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Sugarcane farmers in Bunyoro and Tooro urge MPs to reject proposed sugar tax hike
By George Niyonzima Sugarcane farmers from the Bunyoro and Tooro regions, under their umbrella body the Bunyoro Tooro Sugarcane Farmers…
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How dfcu Bank is backing commercial agriculture, through farmers like Dr Richard Wemesa
Agriculture employs more than 70% of Uganda’s population, but for many households it remains subsistence, low input, low output, and…
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How dfcu Bank is deepening agricultural financing through best farmers’ competition
At the gleaming De Heus Uganda SMC Ltd animal nutrition plant in Njeru, industry leaders, policymakers, and farmers gathered Tuesday,…
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Local government ministry tasks production officers on evaluating extension services
The Ministry of Local Government has directed District Production Officers across the country to assess the impact of government interventions…
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OranaGate investment signals new phase in Uganda’s agro-industrial growth
Uganda’s push toward value addition and agro-industrialisation gained fresh momentum this week as a new UGX 22.5 billion fruit processing…
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dfcu and Meta unite to drive agro-industrial growth with a key financing partnership
At a time when Uganda’s agricultural sector is under increasing pressure to modernise, boost productivity and meet rising market demand,…
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New charter puts pastoralist women at center of Africa’s rangeland agenda
At the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda has positioned itself at the center of a growing continental movement to elevate…
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Uganda and Saudi Arabia brew a $850 million coffee ambition
In a move that signals deepening economic diplomacy between Kampala and Riyadh, President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday, February 17, 2026,…
