A new project that will see farmers access quality and affordable fertilizers has been launched. The Fertilizer Financing for Sustainable Agriculture (FFSAM) project is a USD 2 million project by African Development Bank Group in partnership with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) aimed at enabling access to quality and affordable fertilizers to farmers […]
Following the onset of rains in most parts of the country, government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is distributing planting materials for hass avocado and macadamia to farmers across the different parts of the country. In the current financial 2024/25, NAADS is set […]
JINJA, 26th July 2024 – The Director of Church of Uganda’s Directorate of Household and Community Transformation (HCT), Rev. Andrew Agaba, has revealed that the agriculture program being implemented in Busoga Diocese, in partnership with the Government of Uganda through the National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS), has significantly improved the socio-economic status of many local […]
Last week, in a significant effort to combat poverty in the Busoga region, the Government of Uganda, through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), provided 500 in-calf heifers to the residents of Busoga. This initiative aimed to enhance household earnings and improve livelihoods through strategic support in dairy farming, a critical enterprise that ensures food […]
We participated in the 3rd National Agricultural Education Show at the Jinja Show Grounds. As NAADS, we are dedicated to empowering the youth to engage in agriculture, believing that the future of agriculture in Uganda depends on the growing youth population. At the NAADS stall, we focused on educating young people about high-value crops such […]
Through the Government of Uganda’s initiative to increase fish production through aquaculture, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has distributed a total of 2,243,552 fish fingerings and 58,706 kilograms of start-up feeds to beneficiary farmers in 22 district local governments. The fingerings and feeds are part of the livestock materials that NAADS has distributed to […]
The Vice President Maj. (Rtd) Jessica Alupo has handed over 12 in-calf Friesian heifers to three secondary schools in the Teso sub-region to boost the agricultural department with practical inputs as schools implement the new curriculum. The schools that received each four heifers include Teso College Aloet-TCA, Ngora High School, and St. Mary’s Girls SS, […]
The Government of Uganda through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has resumed the distribution of livestock materials mainly pigs to special interest groups across the country for improved household incomes. According to Dr. Thomas Nsemerirwe, the Livestock Development Officer at NAADS, in this current financial year 2023/24, NAADS has procured a total of 3,352 […]
Hass avocado is one of Uganda’s emerging non-traditional cash crops with enormous potential to contribute not only to the growth of the agricultural sector but increase the country’s foreign exchange earnings, and improve household incomes. In 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) commenced the […]
The Government of Uganda has identified the production of Hass Avocado and Macadamia as a priority intervention on account of the enormous potential the commodities offer to contribute to the agricultural sector growth under the Agro industrialization program; Household incomes, Raw materials for industry and Export revenues (grew by 315% in 2016). The growing demand […]
