Uganda Farmers Hub: Uganda One Stop Shop For Farmers, Wholesaler & Suppliers

Since buying the land in 2016, my brother and I have started an amazing journey. We have started our journey to plant up to 20,000 trees in a period of 2 years. In 2022, we plan to open our farm to visitors from all over the world. The farm sits on 48.5 acres of fertile […]

How should chicken be kept? FREE RANGE is generally practiced by households and small scale farmers. The hens roam around freely scouring for feed within the yard and surrounding areas. Owners only supplement with leftovers from their own meals. There’s is little monitoring or control. CONFINEMENT means keepin hens enclosed 24seven. Large commercial farmers prefer […]

Selecting good birds for your local chicken farm is of great importance. There is an amusing story in a book about family: a tall well built woman agrees to marry a short skinny man hoping that one day “I will change him”. Is it possible to change him to become taller or fatter with better […]

Sylvia Wanyonyi is an aggressive farmer/entrepreneur in Mukono. One of her most recent projects is a turkey farm. She says: Turkeys can be raised for several reasons: Having fresh turkey on your dinner table all year round is only one reason to raise a small flock of these wonderful birds. Raising turkey can also be […]

Rearing local or village hens can be fun and good business. It’s not capital intensive as rearing exotic hens is. Starting with one rooster and ten hens could see a farmer with 300 or more birds in just one year! In the next few posts I will take you through some training and information.

It doesn’t look like covid is going away anyway soon. Neither on and off lockdowns. It looks like we got a new normal now. I want to give the following advice; If you have access to land, even if it’s asmall one please grow food. It’s your responsibility to feed your children and family. Plant […]

1. Mature Ladybird can lay between 5-50 eggs a day 2. Can eat up to 50 Aphids a day and up to 5,000 in its lifetime 3. Ladybirds larvae start eating aphids as soon as it hatches 4. Ladybirds also eat whiteflies, mites, and other scale insects 5. Pupal stage lasts for one to two weeks 6. […]

There is nothing more important than farming and growing organic food. This week with the help of Greening Uganda, we are planting over 2,000 fruit trees on our farm. My brother William Okot and I hope to open the farm to the public by the end of 2022. We have lots of plans for the […]

Most of Uganda is blessed with very fertile soil. We have two big rainy seasons a year and even in the dry months it still rains a few times. If one learns to harvest and store water, one could be planting something every month and get to harvesting and selling through the year. The opportunities […]

Oyster mushroom Farmers in Uganda are making good profits and likelihoods. For oyster mushroom Farmers one doesn’t need lots of land nor capital or labour. It’s important that a farmer starts off with a practical session( training) to avoid costly mistakes. Please watch video. Market for fresh oyster mushroom is very promising at Nakasero Market, […]