#climate-smart agriculture

aBi Finance and ASA Microfinance Uganda have unveiled the Shs12 billion SPROUT project to deliver targeted green loans, USSD banking, and business training to 5,000 women-led agribusinesses and farmers across Northern and Eastern Uganda.

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has won the Best Government Institution award at the 32nd National Agricultural Show in Jinja. Closing the event, Minister of State for Agriculture Hon. Desire Muhooza directed NARO to scale up coffee seedling production and announced ministry plans to set up regional exhibition centers across Uganda.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has handed over new vehicles to 69 districts to scale up the Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation Project. Represented by Under Secretary Mrs. Aacha Mary Orikiriza, the ministry installed 24-hour surveillance tracking chips in the fleet to ensure strict accountability during field monitoring.

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has launched Skeepon, a Japanese biostimulant technology, to protect Ugandan farmers from drought-induced crop failures. Validated by NARO trials showing up to a 45 percent yield increase, the affordable treatment sustains crop growth without water for three months, anchoring Uganda's new climate-smart agriculture agenda.

The Diocese of Kigezi has partnered with the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) to launch an ambitious Hass Avocado Program aimed at...

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has urged African countries to take bold and deliberate steps in tackling climate change through renewable energy, critical...

Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego has unveiled a plan to overhaul agricultural finance, calling for urgent action to empower smallholder farmers with...

Centenary Bank has partnered with Bees & Trees to boost rural livelihoods in Mbale District by equipping youth and women with tools for climate-smart...

Government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have opened a hunt for private capital to modernise Uganda’s farms, factories and food markets,...