The Government of Uganda through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) in partnership with the private sector players is constructing a Pineapple juice factory to add value to the pineapple produced in the region. The 12 metric ton per day factory is under construction in Kito village, Busaale Sub County in Kayunga district. Government through […]
73-year-old Mpumwire Zedekiah is minting money from mangoes & dairy farming. The resident of Kazo Town Council in Kazo district received 100 mango seedlings in 2015 from NAADS which he planted on half an acre of land. Mpumwire earned some good money from the first harvest which prompted him to expand his mango farm. Currently, […]
57-year-old Harriet Namugolo spent 20 years as a housewife engaged in subsistence farming. However, in 2015 she got a tip off from a friend on the possibility of acquiring pineapple suckers from NAADS to engage in pineapple commercial farming. Namugolo a resident of Katikamu village in Busaale Parish, Kayunga Sub County in Kayunga district started […]
NAADS is set to distribute an extra 54 million tea seedlings in Buhweju district to boost the production of tea in the region. This was disclosed by the Executive Director NAADS Dr. Samuel Mugasi during a monitoring visit to Buhweju district to assess the impact of NAADS interventions in the tea sector in the region. […]
23-year-old Namale Jovia is full of excitement as she climbs the big tractor to demonstrate the skills she has attained during a two weeks training of tractor operators at Kyera Agricultural College in Nyamitanga Isingiro district. Namale is one of the only three women out of the 36 tractor operators that were passed out on […]
Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with mango farmers in Yumbe district under their umbrella association Aringa Fruit Farmers Cooperative Society ltd (AFFCSL), to establish a 5 metric ton per hour factory in Yumbe district under a Public Sector Initiative. The factory […]
