Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is determined to continue with the electronic system of agricultural input purchases. The e-Voucher system launched in 2019 was developed by United Bank for Africa and used as a purchase and payment system to boost the Agriculture Cluster Development Program (ACDP). The system …
Read More »16 ACDP facilities idle in Bushenyi
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen value addition facilities belonging to farmers cooperative societies in Bushenyi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project-ACDP have remained idle almost 5 years since completion. The facilities were established to help 9,750 farmers across the district with the market for their produce and subsidized …
Read More »Delayed release of World Bank funds affects Kabarole projects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Economy Committee which is monitoring the performance of a US$150 million World Bank loan under the Agricultural Cluster Development Project (ACDP) has discovered that Kabarole district has not received funding for most of its investment projects. Legislators doubtful of the intention of the Ministry …
Read More »Mpigi farmers fail to utilise agriculture development funds
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Mpigi district have not made use of the six year World Bank funded, Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) which is in its completion stage. The discovery was made by Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy during an oversight visit in …
Read More »Agriculture cluster development project flops in Gulu over embezzlement of farmer’s money
Famers in Gulu are decrying losses after money they injected for agricultural inputs was allegedly swindled by a former employee of UBA Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agriculture Cluster Development Project-ACDP rolled out in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the World Bank in …
Read More »1,800 farmers in Kwania enroll for cluster development project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,820 farmers in Kwania district have subscribed for the unique Agricultural Cluster Development Project -ACDP. ACDP is a five-year government project initiated in 2018 to improve on-farm productivity, production, and volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specific geographical clusters of the country. …
Read More »Kwania district receives UGX 192m for Agricultural Cluster Development Project- ACDP
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district council has approved a supplementary budget of 192 million Shillings for the Agricultural Cluster Development Project- ACDP. The five-year project was initiated in 2018, to improve on-farm productivity, production and volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specific geographical clusters of the country. …
Read More »Gov’t injects UGX 3.7Bn in farmer’s cooperatives in Masaka
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Ministry has committed up to Shillings 3.7 billion to support Agro-processing and storage of produce in Masaka district. The money has been disbursed as a matching grant to sixteen farmers’ cooperatives in Masaka. Some of the beneficiaries are …
Read More »Kalungu production officer tasked to explain mismanagement of Agriculture Development Project
Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paul Kiyemba, the Kalungu district production officer has been tasked to provide a report on the management of the Agricultural Cluster Development Project-ACDP in the district. Caleb Tukaikiriza, the Kalungu District Resident Commissioner has given Kiyemba up to Wednesday next week to provide the …
Read More »Agric tech entrepreneurs win government business with flagship project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new generation of Ugandan entrepreneurs has won business opportunities with a flagship government project to help drive forward the digital revolution in agriculture. At an event in Kampala this week, Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, Fisheries (MAAIF), in partnership with the World …
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