KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Two protocols signed between Uganda and China last month that allow the East African country to export dried chilies and wild aquatic products will contribute to the country’s foreign exchange earnings, a senior official said Tuesday. Minister of Agriculture Frank Tumwebaze told reporters Tuesday that …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has taken significant steps to address the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak by releasing ninety thousand (90,000) doses of vaccines to twenty-three (23) highly affected districts. Ministers Frank Tumwebaze and Maj Bright Rwamirama oversaw the …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze has challenged University leaders to exercise tolerance for divergent views in order to stand out in the evolving governance systems. While addressing Makerere University student leaders in Jinja on Saturday, Tumwebaze expressed dismay at the growing levels of violent extremism within …
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Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Karamoja sub region has received ten tractors to boost food production. The tractors mobilized from Namalere Agriculture Research centre were on Saturday handed over to Nabuin Zonal Agricultural Research Institute in Nabilatuk district where the government intends to start a pilot study for mechanized …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has implored Members of Parliament to support the ministry’s drive for interest free loans to institutions and farmers with large tracts of land. Tumwebaze said a newly piloted food security project targeting government institutions with …
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Mbarara, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Ministers, Members of Parliament, and National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) scientists late last week commissioned the trial of an anti-tick vaccine in Mbarara district to protect cattle from ticks and related diseases. The first scientific launch on Thursday at the Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Society in Uganda has called on the government to immediately ban the use of agrochemicals that have been identified as harmful to human and animal life, or banned in other countries. These include glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup, Rodeo Aquatic Herbicide, and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economics Development is preparing to table a supplementary budget of up to Shillings 300 billion to fund the extensive food growth project with the aim of fighting food insecurity in the country. As a means of eradicating food insecurity, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiruhura district farmers have petitioned the Minister of Agriculture for immediate intervention over the milk prices. In the letter addressed to Minister Frank Tumwebaze, the farmers in Kiruhura say the reduction of milk prices from 1,600 to 800 shillings in 7 days has left them …
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