Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL)will expand its Farm for Success, previously Local Raw Material, program from the current 35,000 farmers to 50,000 farmers. The move has been necessitated by the firm’s desire to source 100% of agriculture materials used in producing its various brands from Uganda by 2030. The development was announced during the annual farmers symposium that Uganda Breweries created to create mutual understanding, collaboration and foster economic growth and development in the agriculture value chain. Andrew Kilonzo, the Managing Director of UBL stressed that as part of the company’s efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in their processes, they…
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Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has delivered organic fertilizers to coffee farmers in Greater Masaka to boost productivity of stumped old and unproductive trees. UCDA gave out 33,373 bags of Fertiplus fertilizer to coffee farmers in the districts of Masaka, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Bukomansimbi, Sembabule, Kyotera and Rakai, which are famous for growing Robusta coffee. According to UCDA, there are 2,452,830 verified stumped coffee trees in Greater Masaka. Speaking at the launch of the fertilizer distribution programme at the Ssaza Grounds in Masaka on Wednesday, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the State Minister for Agriculture, said the coffee fertilizer distribution programme for coffee…
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