In Uganda most farmers dealing in the coffee value chain are mainly adults who are not in the youth bracket.However th[...] Read more
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), with support from the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane H[...] Read more
In most developing countries including Uganda the use of modern synthetic pesticides is limited and sometimes non-exis[...] Read more
As the world Aquaculture conference held in Uganda drawing over 2000 local and global delegates kicked off in Kampala[...] Read more
Food safety in Uganda remains a critical public health and economic concern, with foodborne diseases affecting an estim[...] Read more
In Uganda, climate change is significantly impacting the fisheries sector, primarily through changing water levels, i[...] Read more
Agriculture is a key sector that significantly contributes to the national economic development, poverty reduction and[...] Read more
How scientists have interested Sweet potato farmers to embrace value additionSweet potato is considered as an importan[...] Read more
The ultimate source of energy for crucial activities like cooking and heating which involves heating process for poult[...] Read more
Most fish in Uganda comes from lakes Victoria, Albert, Kyoga, Edward, George and about 160 minor lakes and rivers.Fish[...] Read more
The World food day is an international yearly celebration usually on October 16th with each country across the globe h[...] Read more
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry an[...] Read more
Agricultural scientists specialized in breeding crops using gene editing have been using a tool called CRISPR cas9 to k[...] Read more
It is a reality that there are crops considered as orphaned because there is no government effort in considering them a[...] Read more
Uganda’s soils are reported to be slowly depreciating yet farmers across the country do not embrace uptake of fertil[...] Read more
Karamoja is one of the poorest regions in Uganda with a poverty rate estimated to be 66%, more than three times the nat[...] Read more
A number of agricultural experts have been urging farmers to use soil nutrient boosters such as fertilizer and manure [...] Read more
Agricultural scientists in the country are now embracing mutation breeding to develop plant varieties to achieve attri[...] Read more
The new director general of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) Dr Yonna Baguma has promised to take [...] Read more
A well-functioning seed system is key to timely access to low cost and quality seed by farmers.Improved varieties are [...] Read more
Scientists working under their umbrella body the National Agriculture Research Organization (Naro) have been breeding [...] Read more
A number of initiatives to help solve farmer oriented changes in growing bio fortified crops to help solve the challen[...] Read more
Water is an integral part of resilience and needs to be more visible in climate negotiations especially when it comes [...] Read more
It is early morning and a team of scientists are heading to the National Livestock Resources Research Institute to int[...] Read more
It is early morning in the wee hours and a team of science journalists in East Africa set off from Nairobi Kenya to Ny[...] Read more
African heads of state together with development partners in the agricultural sector will gather in Senegal to strateg[...] Read more
Agricultural scientists across the globe including Uganda are focusing on having a central focus for governing bodies [...] Read more
Agricultural scientists in Uganda have over the years been breeding rice both upland and low land irrigated rice with [...] Read more
Fish is an important source of protein for millions of people throughout the world yet the world’s natural occurrenc[...] Read more
In the wake of the decline of formal economies in Africa and the structural adjustment programs intended to set the ba[...] Read more
Farmers in Germany carry out their farming activities as a business unlike in Uganda commercial farming is new initiat[...] Read more
Malnutrition is a condition which is never desirable in a young child’s early life development.This is the same with a[...] Read more
It is early morning on a Thursday October 13th 2022 and a team of foreign experts including science Journalists who vi[...] Read more
It is early on a Sunday morning and all roads are leading to the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) f[...] Read more
Agricultural scientists in Uganda under their umbrella body the National Agriculture Research Organization (Naro) condu[...] Read more
Agricultural research in Uganda started with involvement of communities and farmers with the colonial British introduc[...] Read more
Hoima Farmer making ends meet to excel in both farming and teaching An early morning drive of a team of Science Journa[...] Read more
It is early morning and a team of science journalists are heading to Western Uganda on a fact finding visit abou[...] Read more
Agricultural scientists engage vegetable farmers in rolling out seed breeding processA number of farmers across the cou[...] Read more
It is early morning and all roads are leading to Jinja with farmers and various agricultural stakeholders going to part[...] Read more
Scientists encourage Rabbit Farmers across the country to breed in organised wayOver the years the overall focus of ag[...] Read more
Global warming, urban pollution and reserves depletion of fossil fuels have been the driving forces for current resear[...] Read more
Macadamia a plant that produces nuts similar to cashew nut is becoming an adaptable plat by Ugandan farmers who are in[...] Read more
The gum Arabic also known as Acacia species is a dominant leguminous tree crop that belongs to the family Mimosaceae. [...] Read more
Climate change effects continues to spread far and wide with many areas in Uganda beginning to feel the pinch of the e[...] Read more
Scientifically Bottle gourd is known as Lagenaria siceraria belonging to the cucumber family. It is also known as Cala[...] Read more
There are number of vendors in Uganda making money from sale of guava known its scientific name as Psudium guajava yet[...] Read more
Eastern Africa is facing the very real prospect that the rains will fail for a fourth con[...] Read more
