Agriculture

AgricultureCommodities

UN-backed Shs3.7bn initiative targets Uganda’s coffee seed system overhaul

A €850,000 UNIDO-led initiative targets Uganda’s coffee seed systems to boost yields, farmer incomes and export stability
A man in a checked shirt harvests yellow coffee cherries from a coffee plant in Uganda.
AgricultureCommoditiesEconomyEnvironment

Ugandan agriculture exports face €2.75bn threat as EU tightens traceability rules

Shared-cost models between buyers and suppliers emerge as Uganda's best hope for meeting EU traceability standards that threaten access to lucrative coffee markets
Coffee beans being inspected in rural ugandaA man inspects coffee beans on a drying bed in a rural area Uganda; next to him are three other men
AgriculturePolitics & Policy

Uganda wins three-year seat on UN industrial development board

The board oversees implementation of the organisation's work programme and budgets, and makes recommendations on policy matters, including the appointment of the director-general
A woman harvests coffee berries in Yangambi, DR Congo
AgricultureEnvironment

Factory farming’s African expansion threatens pastoral traditions and climate goals

Africa's traditional pastoral livestock farming, a centuries-old lifeline, is being supplanted as development banks pivot funds towards industrial, mass-scale production
A herd of cows standing side by side in pens in a barn.
AgricultureCompanies

Enimiro gets One Acre Ventures investment

One Acre Ventures said it will invest in Enimiro Uganda, an agribusiness company that works with smallholder farmers, to finance its expansion into coffee processing
Coffee beans being inspected in rural ugandaA man inspects coffee beans on a drying bed in a rural area Uganda; next to him are three other men
AgricultureEconomy

Remarks by the Bank of Uganda governor at the participating financial institutions award ceremony for the Agricultural Credit Facility and Small Business Recovery Fund

For a long time, many have questioned whether Uganda's smallholder farmers could access meaningful credit. Today, we have our answer: Shs1.12tn disbursed, 6,587 projects funded, and a non-performing loan rate of just 1 per cent — three times better than the banking industry average
Financial sector officials stand for a group picture at an awards ceremony
AgricultureCompanies

Coffee firm that pays farmers ‘competitive prices’ gets Sh3.2bn in investment funding

JKCC General Supplies says it buys coffee from rural farmers at fair prices and pays them on time, freeing them from extortionate middlemen
A woman harvests coffee berries in Yangambi, DR Congo
AgriculturePolitics & Policy

Why maize is causing trade tensions between Kenya and its neighbours

There was confusion in the East African grain market this week after Kenya banned maize imports from Tanzania and Uganda, saying that levels of mycotoxins in maize from the two countries were above safety limits
Maize plants
Agriculture

Second wave of locust invasion can be stopped early — here’s how

The current locust invasion in East Africa has caused significant damage in pastoral regions, where the pests have devoured pasture and tree leaves. They are now reaching some of the major maize growing areas where they are likely to cause a lot of damage to the crops
An invasion of locusts in the Somali region of Ethiopia