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- ResearchFAO urges Uganda to take farm innovations beyond research stationsDemonstration estates and farmer services are a delivery channel for research.
- ResearchCoffee scientists test heat-tolerant varietiesThe trials could inform variety selection for coffee production in hotter districts.
- IrrigationSolar irrigation Phase II: 427 sites and 4,768 acresPublic irrigation is growing but remains small against a 1.5 million-hectare target.
- EconomyUG Economic Forum puts agro-processing on the agendaThe forum covered processing and farmers’ access to markets, finance and logistics.
- FeedFeed sector valued at USD 3.5 billion as farms scale upProtein meal and tested, complete feeds are in short supply.
- OilseedsOilseed processing outpaces raw-material supplyDomestic oilseed shortages affect the supply plans for oil and feed processors.
- FinanceCentral bank names agriculture first in the tenfold growth agendaThe agenda includes processing, storage and export logistics, which feature in AVERON’s project plans.
- GrainKenya's maize shortfall lifts prices in UgandaRegional demand rewards storage, drying and graded supply.
- FinanceAgriculture drives growth in a bank's loan bookCommercial agricultural credit is expanding where risk is shared.
- IrrigationGovernment targets 1.5 million irrigated hectares by 2040Irrigated production is a long-term policy priority.
- CoffeeUSDA sees Uganda coffee output at 7.16 million bagsProcessing and traceability are becoming part of coffee policy.
- CoffeeCoffee earnings dip in April but reach USD 2.4 billion over 12 monthsCoffee remains Uganda's leading agricultural export.
- Food security473,000 people in Karamoja face acute food insecurityStorage and regional supply matter for food security in the north-east.
- TradeAGRA and the AfCFTA Secretariat sign agri-trade agreementAVERON’s regional sales plans depend on crop grading, storage and transport.
- ResearchNaSARRI restocks cattle and grows pasture seed in TesoLivestock and pasture research in Teso links directly to feed demand.
- Digital45.7 million active SIMs; smartphones about a third of devicesFarmer platforms must work on basic phones as well as smartphones.
- RegulationEU deforestation rules postponed to December 2026Plot-level traceability becomes a condition of selling coffee into Europe.
- TradeUganda–DRC trade nears USD 1 billionProcessed food is already one of Uganda's regional exports.
- EconomySubsistence households halve in a decadeMore households now farm for, and buy from, the market.
- CoffeeCoffee exports double to USD 2.2 billionUganda's largest agricultural export is growing and Europe-bound.
- SeedThree new groundnut varieties released at SerereNew oilseed varieties need a route to farmers: licensed seed and organised buyers.
- SeedNARO licenses ten more seed companies, 23 in totalLicensed multiplication is the legal route from NARO varieties to farmers.