Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has directed the Ministry of Agriculture to avail comprehensive accountability for 32.2 billion Shillings used to recruit agricultural extension workers in financial year 2017/2018.
The research will involve investigating the probable influence of this temperature limit on crop production and water needs including the influence on rainfall, humidity, winds and cloudiness over Uganda.
Today, close to 80 of the households in the country are involved in agriculture and going by Financial Year 2016/17 the sector contributed 24.9 of the national GDP and 72.9 of the total national export earnings.
Pacifici said EUs intention is to narrow the gap and ensure long lasting peace and security in the region. He said Agriculture specifically deserves more attention since despite the potential; it has not helped to reduce food security.
The lack of social protection remains the major missing link in the fight against hunger in Uganda. Ahead of World Food Day, stakeholders remind government and people that hunger remains a social problem that requires collective effort.
Kadaga noted that on many occasions’ farmers report crop diseases without response from relevant authorities which makes them lose belief in government interest in agriculture.
Uganda’s delay to enact a law regulating the application of genetically modified organisms is likely to have more disastrous effects on humans and the environment. Erostus Nsubuga, the proprietor of Agrobiotech Laboratories Ltd, says more research firms in biotechnology are targeting Uganda at a time when the sector is not well guarded.
