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Uganda's Economy needs more support -...
Created on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:59
Fitch noted that the domestic political and security environment remains stable, although there is lingering uncertainty around the eventual...
Why it is good to grow...
Created on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:56
One of the main reasons why most people hesitate to grow coffee is that it takes a long time to mature and to begin paying. Yet coffee is on...
How to ensure food safety from...
Created on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:54
Food safety involves the handling, preparation and storage of food in such a way that it prevents contamination.
Usually, food contaminatio...
How farmers compromise food safety
Created on Thursday, 25 June 2020 09:43
Most farmers don’t consider the source of inputs they use to produce food. For example, a majority use unclean water for irrigation leading ...
JOEL GUMA - MD PRISTINE FOODS...
Created on Saturday, 06 June 2020 09:52
Thinking outside the box with processed eggs
The widening role social impact funds...
Created on Friday, 05 June 2020 07:10
had the pleasure of a timely conversation with Preeth Gowdar, director of the Palladium Group, who has more than 17 years of experience acr...
What a farmer can grow this...
Created on Tuesday, 02 June 2020 18:20
As the rains pound several parts of the country, farmers need to figure out what to grow in this first season.
Among the guidelines farmers...
Use fertiliser to improve yields
Created on Tuesday, 02 June 2020 18:16
In Uganda, like in many other Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, there is very little use of mineral fertiliser compared to other regions o...
Pearl Capital Partners backs Naseco
Created on Tuesday, 02 June 2020 18:08
Pearl Capital Partners, which manages the Yield Uganda Investment Fund, has made a seventh investment of UGX 4.6bn (ca. 189.2m) in Naseco.
N...
Covid-19 farming and food problems
Created on Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:27
One of the biggest preoccupations today in most of our towns is food distribution. Politicians, security forces and, more recently, religiou...
Keep harvested crop safely
Created on Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:25
It has been raining for some months now and most farmers will soon be harvesting grain which they will need to store as a way of sustaining ...
Dealing with farm workers amid Covid-19...
Created on Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:23
Full or partial lockdown measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 are affecting almost 2.7 billion workers globally, representing about 81 pe...
Why your seeds are not germinating...
Created on Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:21
Non-sprouting seeds can sound discouraging but it is nothing to stress about. Not all seeds are the same; most of them need variable conditi...
NASECO Press Release
Created on Friday, 22 May 2020 09:57
Pearl Capital Partners, which manages the Yield Uganda Investment Fund, has made a seventh investment of UGX 4.6 Billion in Naseco (1996) Li...
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: NAADS to focus on...
Created on Wednesday, 20 May 2020 11:49
After five years of mainly input and seed distribution by the National Agricultural Advisory Services, NAADS is turning most of its efforts ...