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Farming & Agriculture

Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM – RISE COMMUNITIES AFRICA is a non-profit entity, addressing community challenges...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

Geospatial analysis of surface water and groundwater quality using Geographic Information Systems-GIS in Bushenyi District Uganda

Geospatial analysis of surface water and groundwater quality using Geographic Information Systems-GIS in Bushenyi District,Uganda Access to safe drinking...

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE & ANTHRAX RAVAGE THE CATTLE CORRIDOR

CATTLE CORRIDOR. Authorities in Kazo district western Uganda have imposed a total ban on movement and sale of livestock and their products for two...

CAN AFRICAN FARMERS EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE?

African farmers have been challenged to embrace different efforts through climate action to effectively manage plastic waste, as the continent and the world at...

CENTRAL UGANDA: PANIC ENGULFS FARMERS AS DESTRUCTIVE CATERPILLARS ATTACK VILLAGES IN LWENGO

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has launched the emergency control of tail caterpillars in Lwengo district central Uganda as the destructive...

5 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO SUSPECTED ANTHRAX

Five people have been hospitalized after consuming beef of a dead cow suspected to have been infected with anthrax in Ibanda district western Uganda. Vincent...

Rift Valley fever kills 5 in Mbarara as foot-and-mouth disease also threatens the cattle corridor

Farmers and other stakeholders in Mbarara district & city, Kiruhura, Kazo, Isingiro, Greater Bushenyi, Ibanda, Lyantonde and other parts of the cattle corridor have...

NEW DETAILS EMERGE ON NEW FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK IN KAZO DISTRICT

Authorities in Kazo district western Uganda have confirmed the new outbreak of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease in Bwantama cell Kyabahura ward Buremba town council where...