Uganda targets faster-maturing maize to boost highland yields
Uganda currently produces about five million tonnes of maize annually, but the Government is targeting 10 million tonnes within five years.
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Coffee farmers optimistic despite unstable market prices
Currently, Arabica coffee averages sh17,250 per kilogramme, while Robusta coffee goes for between sh12,500 and sh13,000, depending on the location.
Climate change: Farmers demand more irrigation investment for coffee, cocoa
The consultations, which opened on Tuesday, August 18, at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Kampala, are also focusing on policy and institutional reforms that can increase private-sector participation, strengthen agribusiness, and mobilise investment across key value chains.
Govt urges NGOs to find markets for youth-led products
In total, that intervention has so far reached more than five million smallholder farmers in the last over four decades, creating about 400,000 agribusiness jobs, and supporting more than 100,000 small scale businesses for especially youth and women.
El Niño puts Uganda’s food gains at risk as Africa braces for sh74 trillion losses
The government has also warned that the anticipated El Niño rainfall is likely to cause havoc in some parts of the country.
PGS certification opens new market opportunities for smallholder farmers
The Participatory Guarantee System (PGS), a locally driven quality assurance scheme, is giving Ugandan farmer groups an opportunity to turn sustainable farming practices into a market advantage by demonstrating the quality and integrity of their produce.
Nearly 13,000 displaced after deadly Indonesian quake
“We’re on our own here,” said Junaidin, expressing frustration over the perceived delay in government aid as thousands of earthquake survivors camped outside their homes.
New sh148.5m sweet potato processing facility to boost Teso farmers' incomes
Joseph Okalebo, the SOSPPA coordinator, said the facility will focus on processing orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties, including Ejumula, Naspot 8, Naspot 10, Naspot 13, Narospot 7 and Tanzania, into products such as puree, pasta and spaghetti.
Colombian minister under fire over beach holiday post-quake
But he drew criticism on Sunday for handing out footballs marked "Sign for the homeland," his campaign slogan, from his armoured vehicle on a visit to an area near the quake's epicentre.
Climate finance should finance productivity, not projects
Climate finance will increasingly be judged not by the amount of funding committed or the number of projects delivered, but by whether it leaves behind businesses, agricultural value chains and financial systems capable of sustaining investment after concessional finance has ended.
Uganda Prisons secure multiple awards at Agricultural show
“Through its strong blend of production, innovation, research, environmental conservation, public health preparedness, skills development, and community empowerment, UPS presented one of the most comprehensive exhibitions,” Desire Muhooza, the Minister of State for Agriculture, observed.
City bar ignores judge’s order on noise pollution
On February 19, 2026, Justice Bonny Isaac Teko allowed the bar to operate but gave it six months within which it should maintain NEMA directives of ensuring permissible noise levels and installing soundproof materials. However, two weeks to the end of the six-month grace period given by Justice Teko (scheduled to end on August 18), NEMA inspectors last weekend found that Aurous bar had ignored the judge’s directives.
FAO business support programme targets 90 wood-based enterprises
“The four-month incubation programme will lay a foundation for the development and expansion of these businesses and help harness the immense, often underestimated potential of the wood sector. Our commitment as FAO is to support business growth and job creation within the wood sector,” he said.
Lango leaders embrace President Museveni's four-acre model
The leaders toured the President’s four-acre model demonstration farm, an integrated agricultural project established alongside the Presidential Industrial Skilling Hub to showcase profitable enterprises that can be replicated by smallholder farmers.
Why Govt, MPs split hairs on taxing plastics
The MPs argued that the 25% or $1,500 (equivalent to sh5.6 million) per tonne tax rate, which was approved by the previous Parliament before the Bill was returned to the House by the President on July 14 this year, should be maintained on environmental grounds.
Open response to UMA’s article on plastics in Uganda’s economy
The plastics industry is an economic asset, but unmanaged waste is a mounting liability. Uganda can industrialize and clean its environment simultaneously—but only through balanced and enforceable regulation….
Makerere students invited to apply for six Erasmus+ traineeship placements in Italy
The selected students will undertake a two-month traineeship at the University of Perugia during either the 2025/2026 or 2026/2027 academic year. The programme also provides two travel days for participants.
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Garbage overwhelms towns after cleaning exercise
From Kampala to Mbale, residents complained of heaps of rotting waste dumped on roadsides, blocking businesses, disrupting traffic flow and emitting an unbearable stench. What began as a symbol of collective responsibility quickly exposed persistent shortcomings in urban waste management, with authorities admitting they lacked the capacity to evacuate the enormous volumes of rubbish generated during the exercise.
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Mukono residents choke as toxic fumes kill 16 cows
Residents accuse neighbouring Siia Fusion Uganda Limited of emitting toxic fumes that they say have caused respiratory illnesses, crop damage and livestock deaths. The first cow died suddenly in May, followed by another and then several more. By the end of the unexplained deaths, Passion Vision Limited had lost 16 dairy cows.
Spain ends national emergency for wildfires near Madrid
Authorities said the fires in the Madrid and Avila areas had stopped spreading and there are "almost no flames", a week after the emergency was declared, mobilising a national firefighting effort.
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