Fifteen loans valued at Shs9.4b financed under the Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) were due for write off as at March 31, 2019. The facility indicated in the 2019 agriculture finance year book published by Economic Policy Research Centre that about 2.8 per cent of its total loan books was due…
Participants follow presentations during the Seventh National Agriculture and Food Security Forum held in Kampala on June 12, 2018. EPRC Photo The jeopardies affecting the agricultural sector continue to elicit debate with experts from NUCAFE, Agro-consortium, Ministry of Finance and researchers now calling for more adoption of agricultural…
The National Development Plan (NDP) acknowledges the potential of agro-processing to create better paying off-farm jobs, improve food security, increase farmer incomes, alleviate poverty, and enable Uganda attain the middle income status. For successful implementation of this agenda, agricultural production becomes critical to ensure consistent supply of agro-based…