Uganda needs knowledge- based economy
That agriculture is the backbone of our economy cannot be disputed. It employs over 80% of the population and it is, therefore, best suited to be the catalyst for Uganda’s rural transformation and poverty reduction. This is what compelled the Government to come up with plan for the modernisation of agriculture and NAADS. These moves were not unique More...
IITA distances itself from promotion of GM science
Research on best ways to assist local farmers practicing mixed farming to boost productivity is the focus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) five-year project, which the US government More...
Tanzanian coffee growers turn to improved variety
There is a high demand for coffee seedlings of the improved hybrid varieties in several villages in rural Moshi as the old coffee trees are no longer productive. A random survey by the ‘Daily News’ More...
Uganda MPs tip cotton farmers on prices
MPs have called upon cotton farmers in the Northern Region to organise themselves in groups so that they can negotiate better prices, besides accessing farming tools from the Cotton Development Organisation. The More...
Kenya horticulture FY 2011 earnings up 18 pct-industry
NAIROBI Feb 20 (Reuters) – Kenya’s earnings from horticulture exports rose 18 percent last year, despite a marginal dip in volumes, buoyed by a favourable exchange rate and strong prices for vegetables More...
Tanzania’s small farmers to access tractors for hire
The management of SUMA JKT Kilimo Kwanza tractor project has resolved to speed up establishment of mechanisation centres countrywide where farmers will be able to hire the equipment at affordable prices. Project More...
Rwandan vets urged to serve farmers better
WAMAGANA – District veterinary officers have been called to serve farmers more diligently. Director General of Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB), Prof. Shem Martin Ndabikunze The call was made by the Director General More...
Kenya imports fertiliser as planting season nears
The Government has imported 60, 000 metric tonnes of subsidised Diamonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilisers that will be distributed to farmers for this year’s planting season. Agriculture Assistant Minister Kareke More...
Rwandan farmers want food prices determined by free market
Local leaders and farmers searching for common ground on price determination. The Sunday Times / S. Rwembeho. Farmers in the Eastern Province have said food prices should solely be determined by the free market. In More...
Rwanda: Village Mechanization Centres receive more tractors
Dr. Agnes Kalibata. The New Times / File. The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, on Friday, received 31 more tractors from TYN Tong Yang Moolsan -a South Korean company. Other equipment received included More...
