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UGANDA – The Government of Uganda is working with private warehouse owners, through the public-private sector model, to offer grain warehousing services across the country to boost grain quality and position the country as a major grain producer and exporter. The development comes at a time when dealers and importing countries like Kenya and South Sudan have raised concerns over…
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UGANDA – Uganda is considering setting up a national seed company to work alongside private seed companies in a bid to provide certified and quality seeds to farmers in the country. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, Minister for Agriculture revealed this while commissioning a seed laboratory and a poultry hatchery for local chicken at Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute in…
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UGANDA – Grain processors and traders have accused government agencies of not doing enough in the fight for quality grain and other agricultural products and exports. The protest comes as the government intensifies efforts to restore market stability following the rejections of maize flour on the regional market, especially by Kenya and most recently, South Sudan. In June, the South…
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UGANDA – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has issued new quality standards in a move to monitor the quality of maize grain and maize meal exports to ensure conformity to standards. According to the standards agency, every maize grain and maize meal exporter is advised to obtain copies of key maize Standards and comply with the specified requirements,…
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UGANDA- Ugandan officials from the Banana Industrial Research and Development Center-BIRDC have flagged off the sale of a processed banana product named ‘Tooke flour’ after an intense banana research initiative. According to BIRDC ‘tooke flour’ is a raw material for several forms of bakery products ranging from cake, bread, chapattis, crisps, biscuits, and porridge coupled with nutritious supplements, paper extracted…
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UGANDA – After a high-stakes showdown between the Republic of Uganda and South Sudan that has stalled the importation of cereals over safety claims, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has announced that the majority of tracks carrying grain have passed aflatoxin tests. According to UNBS, out of the 23 tracks and 27 contested consignments tested so far, 18 tracks and 22 consignments…
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UGANDA- The National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) has launched Spirulina, a fish feed ingredient, to reduce the overreliance on silverfish as an ingredient in fish feed production. More accurately identified as a blue-green cyanobacterium, spirulina powder contains valuable nutritional, medicinal, and color-enhancing compounds of interest to players in the aquaculture industry. According to Dr. Fred Wanda, a senior research…
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UGANDA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has partnered with a Chinese firm, Shanghai Agro-Biological Gene Centre (SAGC) to roll out a new high-yielding and weather-friendly rice variety poised to boost rice production in Uganda. Dubbed Water Saving and Drought Resistant (WDR-73), the hybrid rice was developed by SAGC in collaboration with National Agricultural Research…
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UGANDA – Uganda is set to build the first-of-its-kind feed mill facility under De Heus Animal Nutrition, a Dutch animal feed manufacturer aimed at boosting aqua feed production. Based in the Netherlands, De Heus is a global player in compound feed, premixes, and concentrates for livestock and fish with annual production of around 8 million metric tons in 2021, according…
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UGANDA – The Ugandan grain dealers have suspended food export to South Sudan following an ongoing trade crisis at the Nimule border over quality concerns. According to New Vision, the suspension order follows the move by the South Sudan National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS) to impound Ugandan trucks loaded with maize grains, maize flour, and wheat on allegations of failing…
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