Financial Services, Land & Agriculture

$150m to fund Uganda farming subsidies

March 22

March 22, 2018—Several thousand farmers in northern Uganda are to get subsidised inputs in a $150 […]

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Investment, Land & Agriculture, Policy

EU joins UNDP to produce Uganda’s first mineral report

March 20

March 20, 2018—The Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development (MEMD) in partnership with the European Union […]

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Investment, Land & Agriculture, Policy

Cotton farmers to share in $600,000 project

March 19

March 19, 2018—Ugandan cotton farmers and ginners will benefit from part of a $600,000 project intended […]

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Finance, Land & Agriculture

EU gives $18m to wake up Uganda’s beef industry

March 7

March 7—The European Union (EU) hopes the €15 million (about $18 million) it is giving Uganda’s […]

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Business, Land & Agriculture

Will Brookside save Rwanda’s dairy farmers?

March 3

March 03 – On the receiving end of yet another milk glut this year, Rwandan farmers […]

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Business, Investment, Land & Agriculture, Policy, Trade & Industry

Government advised to ease young into coffee sector

February 14

February 14—The government has been advised to encourage younger generations to get involved in the coffee […]

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Investment, Land & Agriculture, Policy

Sir Paul tells Uganda to stick with champion firms

February 13

February 13—Sir Paul Collier, the widely respected Oxford economist, has advised the government to focus on […]

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Land & Agriculture, Markets, Trade & Industry

New cereal standards to cover eastern Africa

February 9

February 9—Nine standards have been set for staple foods by the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) […]

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Finance, Financial Services, Land & Agriculture

Central bank wants banks to step up farming loans

February 8

February 8— Financial institutions willing to offer loans under the Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) overseen by […]

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Land & Agriculture, Policy

Dry spells increase Uganda’s poverty to 21% from 19%

January 18

January 18—The poverty level in Uganda has gone up to 21% due to the extended dry […]

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