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Farming & Agriculture

OPINION: The Patriot’s Focus on Uganda’s Unemployment Question

Article By, Gad Kanyesigye_The Patriot_ a community empowerment advocate.  To begin with, many Ugandan parents are not business-oriented, which is a significant reason why their children often finish school...

UGANDA: 4 out of 10 children suffer stunted growth due to malnutrition

Locals in Isingiro district,western Uganda and other parts of the country have been challenged to embrace better feeding...

A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic...

INSIDE THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MODERN-DAY UGANDA

By Hyowon Park , International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).  In March 2023, the Ugandan...

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes...

Farmers’ Parliament: We lack sensitization and leaders are neglecting us  

Farmers across different parts of Uganda continue to decry lack of sensitization, being neglected by the government especially most of their leaders and other...

NO: Katikkiro Peter Mayiga on government’s decision to sign coffee agreement with UVCCL

Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of the Kingdom of Buganda,Mr. Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the central government’s decision to sign a coffee agreement with Uganda...

UPDF soldiers deployed to fight African armyworms

The government has deployed Uganda People's Defense Force-UPDF to fight African armyworms that have so far invaded about 40 districts in different parts of...

NAGRC & Farmers’ Voice train Busoga religious leaders in commercial farming & land productivity

The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre & Data Bank (NAGRC & DB) and Mbarara Network of Farmers' Voice have trained religious leaders and selected...

African armyworm outbreak threatens Kiruhura & other areas

Farmers and other stakeholders in Kiruhura district western Uganda and some other areas have expressed concern and worry over the current African armyworm outbreak...