Agripoint Managing Director: Humphrey Mutaasa, represents the Agribusiness private sector in a ministerial sector discussion at Ministry of Finance, planning and economic development in Kampala city recently. The Discussions were focused on how to strategically support the sector for sustainable economic growth, job creation.
Amuru is one of districts in Northern Uganda that harbors the largest population of LRA Returnees (smallholder farmers). The Returnees were abducted at young ages and spent over 20 years in the bush. After the war, they returned home in 2015 and started to farm individually, but could not realize... Read More
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On 29th of March, KAS cooperated with its partner ACTADE (African Center for Trade and Development) to host a roundtable discussion at Sheraton Hotel Kampala and to come up with ideas on how to digitize agricultural value chains in Uganda. Experts and practitioners discussed about challenges and opportunities to support... Read More
Civil Society Organisations and ACTADE have on Tuesday held a press briefing in Bukoto ahead of the 9th Annual Trade Sector Performance Review. Under the Southern and East African Trade Initiative (SEATINI), CSOs asked the government to address challenges of Agro-based Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for their competitiveness... Read More
The firm wants to buy quality simsim oil seeds directly from the local farmers at prime prices. Eddy Ssentumbwe, the Robust Trade Links representative in Uganda told URN that the firm is conducting an assessment on the simsim agri-business in the region before signing a Memorandum of Understanding- MoU with... Read More
For centuries, agriculture has been the sole means of livelihood for many. Even today, several economies depend on agriculture as a key source of revenue. However, as the world modernizes, so has agriculture, as seen in the use of machines for largescale farming, fertilizers, pesticides and new seed varieties. What... Read More