Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has announced plans to initiate an agricultural mechanization project aimed at improving crop production, known as ‘Climate Smart Agriculture.’ State Minister for Agriculture, Fred Bwino, made this revelation on Wednesday while addressing farmers in Nwoya district. Minister Bwino revealed that the project, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has stressed the need for the extension of newly developed modern agricultural technologies to small holder farmers allover the country, which she says will spearhead efforts of improving the quality of their yields in the …
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Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | The Portuguese government on Saturday announced several financial aid packages to the agricultural sector to mitigate the losses resulting from adverse weather conditions and the consequences of the Ukraine crisis. Agriculture Minister Maria do Ceu Antunes said 500,000 euros (515,000 U.S. dollars) will be distributed …
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Beijing, China | Xinhua | The existing honeybee population is far from meeting global agricultural pollination needs, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). Studies show that pollinators play a very important role in agricultural production. About 75.7 percent of the main crops worldwide depend on insect pollination, and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chancellor Muteesa I Royal University Justice Julia Ssebutinde has called for a review of the the institututions programs to give special focus to agricultural innovations and improvement. Justice Ssebutinde says that university education should evolve to prepare students that can invent unique and appropriate solutions …
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By Stephen Kafeero U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the feed the future commodity production and Marketing Activity in Uganda. The projects will be implemented in 34 feed the future focus districts and aims to reach 400,000 farmers. The districts were selected using several criteria including their production …
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