Sserunjogi says since the majority of Ugandan farmers are also low income earners and earn irregularly, entities like the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) need to think through packages that can target the peak of the two seasons in the year when farmers are earning.
Dr Appolinaire Djikeng the Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) that’s collaborating with NARO to revamp it’s research and development arm, innovations such as vaccines are vital in their efforts to reduce the use of acaricides which have not only been found to degrade the environment but are also associated with the risk of drug resistance.
During a plenary session in Parliament on Thursday, State Minister for Agriculture, Lt. Col. (Rtd) Bright Rwamirama, presented the investigation’s findings, confirming that laboratory tests ruled out Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Newcastle Disease (NCD), and Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD).
Dr Timothy Kasule a researcher said they had so far preserved about 700 embryos of the Ankole and Zebu breeds which can be used for future research or can be later accessed by farmers due to certain good attributes that they may have.
ACTED and Caritas Moroto diocese will contribute to improving food security through agricultural practices for 1,500 vulnerable households in Amudat and Nakapiripirit districts.
Dr. Anna Rose Ademun, Commissioner of Animal Health at MAAIF, told URN in an interview on Wednesday that the disease has been contained following the ongoing livestock vaccination exercise, and the Ministry is contemplating lifting the quarantine this month (July) if no new cases are reported.
Obbo emphasized that women often contribute significantly to the purchase of land, yet they sign agreements as mere witnesses. This practice allows their spouses to sell the land without their consent in case of a disagreement.
Leonard Okello, the Chief Executive Officer at the Institute says this was one of the reasons that they decided on a fully paid trip for the most innovative cooperative society, to one of the top tourism centres in the country.
Antonio Querido, the FAO Country Representative in Uganda says the country is among the most vulnerable and that there is need to put adequate focus on areas that may enhance this vulnerability.
James Kubeketerya, the MP for Bunya County East Constituency, revealed that in the Financial Year 2023/2024, Parliament appropriated 27.6 billion to enhance sericulture. He now wonders how the money has been utilized since the project was suspended.investments.
Tayebwa directed the Minister in-charge of the Agriculture ministry to present a statement on Thursday, next week, explaining how long these districts have been under quarantine and how long they are anticipated to remain quarantined.
"The intermittent closures and limitation of dairy imports by Kenya which has been our biggest export market for liquid dairy products has had a notable impact on the incomes of our farmers as well as loss of jobs at some processors," says Minister Rwamirama.
Pelum Board Chairperson, Dr Christopher Kyeswa says increased government investment in agroecology will also go a long way in the fight against climate change, because of the practices that are taught to their farmers.
Martin Tumuhereze, an irrigation engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said solar irrigation has been slow to be embraced because of the high costs coupled with a lack of guarantee for the durability of the equipment.
The Ambassador of Denmark to Uganda, Signe Winding Albjerg, says the climate unpredictability is also becoming a big challenge to post-harvest handling for Ugandan farmers as sometimes dry weather suddenly turns into rain, affecting the drying grain. She says that the program is also a response to this challenge.
The affected tea nursery operators in the districts of Kabale, Rukungiri, Kanungu, Kisoro, Rubanda, Rukiga, Ntungamo, Mitoma, Mbarara, and Isingiro had sued the Government for failure to procure their seedlings following a presidential pledge in 2008.
Tanzania reintroduced food export restrictions including new tariffs and forcing traders to open up offices in Dar es Salaam, as well as applying for export permits is.
EABC Chief Executive Officer, John Bosco Kaliisa says, for example, that where contract farming has been practiced, especially between farmers and sugar, tea, and coffee companies, it has been on a voluntary basis and is hard to enforce.
