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ThePoultrySite Latest News
News from Uganda
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Uganda Issues Deadly Fly Warning UGANDA - The Ministry of Agriculture is warning poultry keepers in the east of the country about high numbers of simulium flies. These insects can kill poultry and cause blindness in people.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Newcastle Disease Control Programme Delayed UGANDA - A project to produce Newcastle disease vaccine has run into financial difficulties and is now delayed.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Farmers Succeed with Local Breeds UGANDA - Local breeds of chicken are helping small farmers to a profitable business.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Ugandans Advised to Keep More Poultry UGANDA - Ugandans have been urged to take advantage of the overwhelming demand for pork and poultry products in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Rising Maize Prices Leads to Shortage of Eggs UGANDA - Kampala is currently facing an acute shortage of eggs.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Manufacture of Poultry Vaccines to Be Set Up UGANDA - A new laboratory that will see the manufacture of vaccines is being set up at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute.
Monday, October 27, 2008
New Poultry Project in the Capital UGANDA - State minister Saleh has launched a new project for Kampala.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Farmers Advised to Rear Chicken Locally UGANDA - Kabale district veterinary officer, Dr Bahunde Kabakiraho, has advised farmers to rear local chicken because of its market potential.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Farmers Forced to Raise Prices UGANDA - Consumers will have to dig deep into their pockets to keep chicken and eggs on their menu as prices surge. The shortage and high price of chicken feed have forced farmers to increase prices of poultry products.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Feed Shortage Causes Farmers to Sell Broilers Early UGANDA - The scarcity of feed ingredients threatens the once booming chicken industry.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
GM Livestock Experiments to Begin in Uganda UGANDA - Ugandan scientists are to begin experimenting on genetically modified farmyard animals that they say will be healthier, more productive and more efficient, boosting meat and dairy production in the country.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Newcastle Disease Hits Ugandan Poultry Flocks UGANDA - The Ugandan poultry industry is being hit by Newcastle disease because of problems over storage of vaccine.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mistreatment of Animals Irks Activists UGANDA - Animal rights activists in Uganda have urged the government to punish people who cause deliberate pain to animals during transportation.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
One-Egg-Per-Child Programme Could Fight Rural Poverty UGANDA - Eggs are nutritious, and in a bid to increase the consumption of eggs, the Poultry Association of Uganda (PAU) is calling upon the Government of Uganda to introduce eggs into the school feeding programme.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Savings Coop Invests sh50m In Poultry Project UGANDA - BORN-Again Pentecostal (BAP), a savings, credit and cooperative society (SACCO), has started a sh50m poultry project aimed at alleviating poverty among members.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Uganda: Poultry Farming is Profitable UGANDA - Ms Getrude Kakooza, a poultry farmer does not regret taking up this venture, which she says is lucrative and has enabled her to finance her needs including paying school fees for her seven children and a few dependents.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Poultry Farmers Take On Herbs to Control Diseases UGANDA - Farmers have embraced medicinal plants in treating poultry diseases. A research carried out by Makerere University in central and eastern Uganda revealed that about 80% of the poultry farmers know how to use medicinal plants to treat poultry...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Ugandan poultry farmers urged to restock as chicken supplies dwindle UGANDA - Ugandan poultry farmers have been urged to restock to bridge chicken shortage caused by the bird flu scare that escalated last October, the state-owned daily New Vision reported on Monday. Ugandan Poultry Association Chairperson Aga...
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Poultry farmers urged to restock UGANDA - Poultry farmers should restock their farms in order to bridge the shortage of chicken caused by the Bird Flu scare that escalated in October last year, a top Uganda Poultry Association of Uganda (PAU) official said last week. “Since...

