Entries by tc

Cassava Value Addition to Support Livestock Feedlot Technology

Hon Goli Ogwal Moses, MP-elect Dokolo North Constituency is leading a campaign to ensure that livestock farmers in Northern Uganda grow cassava on a large scale for animal feeds to […]

Feedlot Technology To Boost Livestock Production

Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) is working with other partners including Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), to implement a project to enhance livestock production funded by […]

Mbarara Haunted By FMD and Lockdown

MBARARA – As many people continue feasting on fresh meat, residents of Mbarara City are involuntarily abstaining from meat following the ban on sale over Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) […]

Uganda’s Energy Sector: What informs the tariff?

By Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka Following two decades of concerted investments by both government and the private sector into especially electricity generation, Uganda’s supply now exceeds demand – at least for […]

Nebbi Farmers Count Loses As Dry Spell Bites

NEBBI– Farmers in Nebbi district have started counting loses in this first planting season due to the dry spell that has stunted the growth of crops. They said the affected […]

Drainage Channel Construction at Pece Stream Stalls.

GULU CITY – The construction of 1.5 kilometers drainage channel at Pece Stream in Gulu City has stalled as donor gives an ultimatum to the construction company. This project funded […]

Nebbi Boda-Boda SACCO Fights Over Emyooga Cash

NEBBI – Fights ensued amongst Nebbi boda-boda riders under their association, Nebbi Municipality Boda-Boda SACCO Limited, over illegal withdrawal of Emyooga cash by the executive members. Emyooga is one of […]

EACU Unveils Sim-Sim Value Addition Plan

KITGUM – East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) plans to use millions of shillings to improve the value of Sim-Sim and put more money in pockets of its farmers. Many EACU […]

Fish Feeds Price Farmers Out Of Business

GULU – Expensive fish feeds have forced more than half of the members of West Acholi Integrated Fish Farmers Cooperative Society, WIFFICOS, out of fish farming. WAIFFICOS, a fish farmers’ […]

PWDs on Emyooga: We Are Left Behind

HOIMA – People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Hoima and Kikuube districts say they have been competing with everyone else for Emyooga cash grants and have always been outcompeted because they […]