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Other problems facing farmers included the disrepair of the nation's roads, the nearly destroyed marketing system, increasing inflation, and low producer prices. These factors contributed to low volumes of export commodity production and a decline in per capita food production and consumption in the late 1980s. [1]
It is 49 km (30 mi) from Tororo town, 25 km (16 mi) from Mbale town and 260 km (160 mi) from Kampala city and 70 km (43 mi) from Malaba, Uganda-Kenya border. Doho Rice Scheme is located in the Lake Kyoga basin and covers an area of 494.2 square kilometres (190.8 square miles).
The Parish Development Model (PDM) is a government-led initiative in Uganda aimed at transforming subsistence households into the money economy and lifting 17.5 million Ugandans in 3.5 million households out of poverty. The PDM initiative was launched on 26 February 2022 in the eastern district of Kibuku. by the President of Uganda Yoweri ...
As of 2017, Uganda had about 130,000 kilometres (80,778 mi) of roads, with approximately 5,300 kilometres (3,293 mi) (4 percent) paved. [31] Most paved roads radiate from Kampala, the country's capital and largest city. [32] As of 2017, Uganda's metre gauge railway network measures about 1,250 kilometres (777 mi) in length.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is a cabinet-level ministry of the government of Uganda.The mandate of the ministry is to "formulate, review and implement national policies, plans, strategies, regulations and standards and enforce laws, regulations and standards along the value chain of crops, livestock and fisheries".
During the 2019/2020 financial year, Uganda earned US$131.5 million, from milk exports. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As of December 2022, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as reported by the Daily Monitor , Uganda's annual milk output amounted to 3.2 billion liters.
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A female coffee farmer at a field training school. Coffee is Uganda's top-earning export crop. [1] In 1989 Uganda's coffee production capacity exceeded its quota of 2.3 million bags, but export volumes were still diminished by economic and security problems, and large amounts of coffee beans were still being smuggled out of Uganda for sale in neighbouring countries.