Supply, Delivery, Installation, and Commissioning of One Set Of Mini Dairy Processing Plant Equipment – NAADS/SUPLS/2023-24/00095
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The strategic intervention for scaling up the production of high value crops
The strategic intervention for scaling up the production of high value crops, macadamia, hass avocado and cashew nuts The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has developed an Agriculture Value Chain Development Strategy (AVCDS) to align all agro-industralisation programme interventions to the PDM framework. The strategy re-states what to do under each value chain […]
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON CASHEW NUT VALUE CHAIN
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON HASS AVOCADO VALUE CHAIN
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON MACADAMIA VALUE CHAIN
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NAADS distributes 76 tons of sunflower seed to farmers in Northern Uganda to boost Oil Crop production
Dr. Charles Aben, the Crop Development Officer at NAADS hands over sunflower seed to beneficiary farmers in Lira district. Following the onset of rains in most parts of the country, Government through NAADS has commenced the distribution of oil seeds specifically sunflower seed to farmers in Northern Uganda. This is part of the intervention for […]
NAADS distributes HASS avocado & Macadamia Seedlings worth Ush 1.5B to farmers.
Following the onset of rains in most parts of Uganda, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has commenced distribution of macadamia and hass avocado planting materials to farmers in a bid to scale up the production of the two high value crops. Government of Uganda through NAADS is promoting the production of Hass Avocado and […]
Dairy farmers receive milk processing & cooling facilities worth UGX 3 Billion from Govt/NAADS.
In a bid to promote value addition in the dairy industry, Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries commissioned and officially handed over dairy processing and milk cooling facilities to livestock and dairy farmers’ cooperatives in the 5 districts of Kyankwanzi, Kiruhura, Kazo, Bushenyi and Kabale. The facilities include 2 mini dairy […]
NAADS distributes macadamia and Hass avocado seedlings to farmers
Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has distributed planting materials worth sh.4bn for macadamia and Hass avocado to farmers across the country following the start of the rainy season. Currently, macadamia and Hass avocado are some of the Uganda’s emerging non-traditional cash crops with enormous potential to contribute not only to the growth […]