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.

Newcastle Disease Control Programme Delayed
UGANDA - A project to produce Newcastle disease vaccine has run into financial difficulties and is now delayed.

Farmers Succeed with Local Breeds
UGANDA - Local breeds of chicken are helping small farmers to a profitable business.

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.

Rising Maize Prices Leads to Shortage of Eggs
UGANDA - Kampala is currently facing an acute shortage of eggs.

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.

New Poultry Project in the Capital
UGANDA - State minister Saleh has launched a new project for Kampala.

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.

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.

Feed Shortage Causes Farmers to Sell Broilers Early
UGANDA - The scarcity of feed ingredients threatens the once booming chicken industry.

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.

Newcastle Disease Hits Ugandan Poultry Flocks
UGANDA - The Ugandan poultry industry is being hit by Newcastle disease because of problems over storage of vaccine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...