Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has officially handed over the Kiteezi landfill to a Ghanaian investor, who plans to tackle the country’s garbage management issues by converting waste into fertilizers and other recyclable materials. State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Kabuye Kyofatogabye, made the announcement during the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan registered company, H₂ Agro Uganda Limited has secured a government node to start a hydrogen industrial complex at the Karuma Hydropower Plant. The hydrogen park is expected to take advantage of the electricity produced at the dam to power a petrochemical industry …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is considering introducing a subsidy on fertilizers to support the growth of the agricultural sector by enabling farmers to increase their productivity, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed. Speaking at a public rally at Masaka liberation square on Wednesday, as part of his …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow is ready to expand the supply of fertilizers and work with all partners in this area. There are artificial barriers created by some countries to the export of Russian fertilizers, which are negatively affecting global markets, Putin said …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Sebei and Elgon sub-region have embraced farming in the second season, following the reduction in the prices of fertilizers, a major input for crops. The price of a 50-kilogram bag of fertilizer in the first season was 300,000 Shillings but currently, it has reduced …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Research by the Anti-Counterfeit Network Africa has revealed that 72 percent of the farmers within the Bugisu sub-region cannot differentiate between genuine and counterfeit agro-inputs. The study conducted in March and April 2022 was driven by common narratives about farmers’ experiences with fertilizers, seeds, and …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers with stumped coffee trees in Rwenzori region will benefit from free organic fertilizers. Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA launched a campaign to stump out old coffee trees and rehabilitate abandoned coffee gardens across the country to help increase productivity. According to perfectdailygrind.com, stumping is …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has delivered a batch of 33,000 bags of fertilizers of 50 kilograms each to the districts of Greater Masaka to boost coffee production. The benefiting coffee farmers are in the districts of; Masaka, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Bukomansimbi, Sembabule, Kyotera …
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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. …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers and local leaders in Luweero district have asked Uganda Coffee Development Authority to distributing coffee seedlings and prioritise other farm inputs so as to boost production. This follows a value for money audit report on production and productivity of the coffee sub sector for …
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