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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is expected to continue having unpredictable rain and dry seasons, scientists have concluded, after projecting an increase in temperatures of about 2 degrees Celsius over the next 30 years in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. These climate changes will have a significant impact on the …

  Uganda Dairy sector transformation: where is the financial sector? COMMENT  | Joseph Kiirya | Dairy is one of the few sectors witnessing a positive response in recent years to the Uganda government policy to commercialize agriculture. In the last four years, Uganda has witnessed an exponential growth in its dairy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Netherlands has disbursed a grant of 168 billion shillings to increase food security among farmers in North, Eastern and West Nile sub-regions. The grant will be implemented over the next five years by a consortium of organizations working in the regions. It will support farmers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  SNV has in its new  4-year strategic plan outlined an ambitious goal to improve the quality of life of 20 million people while contributing to systems change in the agriculture, energy and WASH sectors in at least 21 countries including Uganda. The plan entitled ‘Local know-how …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was a time of great celebration in Lhuhwahwa II village in Kasese district and in Rukomero village in Kyenjojo district in Western Uganda last week as community members came together to celebrate adoption of nutrition sensitive agricultural practices, improved dietary diversity and good …

Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Celebrated dairy farmer (Rtd) Colonel Dick Bugingo has hailed SNV Uganda and the Netherlands Embassy Kampala for supporting private sector initiatives which are critical for the economic development of the sector. Bugingo, Western Uganda’s Best Farmer 2014, made the remarks November 26 when his AGDI dairy …

Kampala, Uganda | DORAH EGUNYU | Up to eight million children attend primary school in Uganda according to the Uganda National Planning Authority Report of 2017. Of these, 5.2 million (66%) attend school on empty stomachs. Children leave home very early and often with no breakfast and study all day …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nsenyi Primary School in Kasese has become a functional nutrition hub, three years after it embraced the SNV Sustainable Nutrition for All (SN4A) project in 2015. With its newly acquired status, the pilot school has now become a demonstration site where community members come for …

SNV’s Rinus van Klinken shares his thoughts on why dairy may soon top Uganda’s export products after coffee BLOG | RINUS VAN KLINKEN | The dairy sector is slowly inching its way into Uganda’s top exports, next to coffee and tea. The pull of the exporters is largely responsible for this …