The East Africa Agribusiness Magazine

[...] still low as reflected in the individual national budgets of the EAC countries. UGANDA The agriculture sector in Uganda, contributing almost 21% of GDP, is to get a paltry 2.9% of the entire national [...]

[...] agriculture to be embraced. District leaders made this observation during the 4th Joint Agriculture Sector Review meeting held at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The leaders who included RDCs, LCV [...]

[...] . Call them agriculture change agents! Many people, especially the youth, associate the agriculture sector with stigma of poverty and lack of education. However, farming is fast becoming attractive [...]

[...] reach, NAADS commands the highest clientele of all government programmes. Remember that the agriculture sector is the biggest private sector employer and, indeed, the national development plan singles [...]

[...] Soya beans are one of the crops that have not been embraced by many farmers in Uganda. The reason partly [...]

[...] will be decline in the use of input and yields, hence an increase in food prices and worsen food security especially among the low income households. “The same measures can be employed by Ugandan [...]

[...] and thereby making a significant contribution to inclusive growth, poverty, reduction and food security. On the other hand a strategy focused on large-scale farmers would be highly regressive [...]

[...] shillings in illegal fishing, an element that is failing the continents Agenda of increasing food security and nutrition for its people under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Plan ( [...]

[...] Organisation (FAO) report 2012, agriculture continues to have the greatest impact on food security, poverty eradication and remains the principle engine of economic growth in East Africa. So [...]

[...] milk production, but also reduced cost of feed. Major forage types The common forage types in East Africa for zero-grazing livestock are the fodder grasses and fodder legumes. Fodder grasses have [...]

[...] labeling standards of respective country. For more information about profitable beekeeping in East Africa, contact info@thehivegp.com [...]

[...] ensuing a market for their produce. Kelvin Odoobo, the Managing Director for The Hive Group in East Africa says that the company is working together with stakeholders in the beekeeping sector in the [...]

[...] irrigation, which is becoming more of a necessity rather than an option. A vast percentage of East Africa comprises of arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) and therefore, the region cannot rely on rain-fed [...]

[...] to support development of the sector through enforcement of laws and upgrading of extension services through such initiatives. Access to markets or market niche Uganda provides a local market [...]

[...] specifically for farmers. It’s believed that the CKW model is unique in delivering both extension services and data collection through trusted and community elected agents. [...]

[...] of individual farmers engaged in similar activities forming groups through which to access extension services was very good since it makes farmers of similar enterprises to share knowledge and [...]

[...] means improving the infrastructure that will ease access to markets, quality farm inputs, extension services, access to finances for investments, which will lead to Uganda’s transformation of [...]

[...] of VAT implementation, there will be less use of quality inputs, decrease in sales for agricultural inputs, domestic products will not be competitive in the market and increase in the cost of living [...]

[...] targeting the sector like the formulation of the seed policy, removal of VAT on agricultural inputs, increased surveillance on fake and substandard agricultural chemicals among the many. [...]

[...] Supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and hoes According to a study report on the agricultural sector prepared for The Eastern Africa Farmers’ Federation (EAFF) in 2011, the agriculture sector [...]

[...] sector. Available Fruit Processing Plants markets so far Information obtained from Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) by 2012 shows that at least seven certified large scale fruit [...]

[...] Training and Advisory Center (MTAC), Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) Uganda Export Promotions board (UEPB) among others. Minister of Trade, [...]

[...] put in place an effective institutional regulatory and legal framework such as DDA and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Existence of a well organized dairy processors associations e.g. [...]

[...] than 25% of Tanzania’s GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs 80% of the work force. Smallholder farmers in Tanzania are the dominant leaders in the sector and support average farm sizes of [...]

[...] at establishing equitable commercial relationships between the processors/exporters and smallholder farmers and increase productivity through promotion of modern beekeeping technology and practices. [...]

[...] large-scale farmers would be highly regressive because it would lead to the displacement of smallholder farmers, according to the Agriculture Finance Yearbook 2013/14. The book under the theme “New [...]

[...] a paltry 2.9% of the entire national budget in 2014/15 FY. While Uganda increased the agriculture sector budget from sh382.7b to sh440.7b, the real concern is that government has still not provided [...]