Farmers in Ibanda are laughing all the way to the bank following coffee price gains over the past few months. Presently, Robusta coffee trades at a record high of sh9,200 per kilogram in Ibanda town, but the beans go for sh8,900 a kilo in Kashangura in Kagongo division, Ibanda municipality. Read More…
The farmers made the appeal on Wednesday during a World Bank- MAAIF mission tour of beneficiaries of the project, implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in Eastern districts of Bugweri, Kaliro, Mbale and Kumi, that ended on Thursday. Under the E-Voucher System, farmers contributed a certain percentage towards the purchase…
After the hugely disappointing rates recorded last vanilla harvest season, farmers are optimistic that the prices will recover this season. Farmers who invested a lot last season might have seen very little returns because the cost of production for the crop is too high. The drop in the vanilla prices over the past four seasons…
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund is proud to announce a USD 2.6 million (UGX 9.5 billion) aggregate investment in Kamp Group Limited. This blended equity and debt funding was raised through a co-investment arrangement between Yield Uganda and Gorm Pedersen 2 Holding ApS, a Danish investor. This marks the Funds thirteenth investment in the Ugandan SME agribusiness sector.