Experts want climate change campaigns to include agriculture
As the world faces the rising effects of climate change, there is an urgent need to rally the population and governments towards promoting environmentally friendly farmin...
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Ugandans in India call out government on economic independence
Ugandans studying in India have highlighted the need for economic independence and noted that one way of achieving this is by embracing local produce. This was on October...
Women activists call for reforms in land management
Women activists in the land sector have urged the government to implement reforms in land management to better protect women’s rights to land ownership and usage. As th...
Poor living longer, rich dying younger
In a tale of two lifestyles and mixed fortunes, some richer Ugandans are dying earlier while their poorer counterparts are living longer. Our analysis of two separate rep...
At 62: Singapore innovates, Uganda struggles with waste
The 62nd independence event is happening when Uganda’s economy is ailing with a worsening trade deficit at $ 247.93 million as of June 2024. This is in addition to pro...
Rwanda becomes Uganda’s biggest sugar consumer in EAC
Rwanda has overtaken Kenya as Ugandaâs biggest sugar export market in the East African Community. Data from Uganda Revenue Authority shows that in the nine months to...
50% of agribusiness loan requests rejected - BoU
Close to half of agricultural loan applications are rejected, data in the Bank of Uganda 2024 Annual Report shows. The report, which reviews different funds managed by th...
Museveni aide woos Czech investors to Uganda
Senior presidential advisor on trade, Phillip Kakuru, has called upon investors from Czech Republic to consider investing in Uganda’s unexploited potential. Kakuru, who...
Naro intensifies banana value addition research
The National Banana Research Programme (NBRP) under National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) situated at Kawanda is working with private processors of products...
High yielding jackfruit give hope to farmers
Jackfruit, whose scientific name is Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam, has potential to reduce food and nutrition insecurity for both rural and urban communities in various pa...