By Paul Mafabi
2019 will be remembered for the many disasters that affected different parts of the country with disturbing news of disasters destroying lives and property worth millions of shillings.
Whereas Bududa and Bundibugyo districts were on top of this...
Addis Ababa - The Government of Ethiopia is racing against time to control Desert Locusts as the February – May Belg season starts.
With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture is scaling up...
The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization says a small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944.
The agency says the mature locusts, carried...
By Andrew Kaggwa , NECJOGHA
KAMPALA, UGANDA - The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has today released the seasonal rainfall forecast for the March, April and May season predicting normal to above average rains for most parts of the country.
“Overall,...
Uganda earns a total of shs566b from exporting the Nile Perch fish and its products alone, according to the minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja.
Out of the $153m (about shs566b) Uganda earns from Nile perch,...
BY FRANKLIN DRAKU fdraku@ug.nationmedia.com
KAMPALA - The chief coordinator of operation wealth creation, Gen Salim Saleh, has urged Ugandans to embrace the Agro-industrialisation for local economic development, an initiative to transform the economy’s economy.
The concept is part of government initiatives...
By Padili James Mikomangwa,
The Exchange East Africa/NECJOGHA
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) has today Thursday released the seasonal rainfall forecast for the March to May season (MAM 2020) for the bimodal areas predicting normal to...
NAIROBI, KENYA – There are food security fears for the East African region after desert locusts have been confirmed to also have spread to all the three East African countries.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) alert Desert...
KATAKWI, UGANDA – There is panic in the Teso and Lango sub regions in after swams of desert locusts were spotted in Katakwi and Agago districts.
The desert locusts invaded the Karamoja sub region from Kenya on Sunday evening through...
By Andrew Kaggwa, NECJOGHA
NAIROBI, KENYA - A regional body that monitors climate in the Greater Horn of Africa has warned of flash floods and drought in parts of East Africa and other countries of the Greater Horn of Africa.
“March,...
