The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries has unveiled a new policy aimed at controlling outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock. The State Minister for Agriculture, Ms. Hellen Adoa, says the new policy requires farmers to share the cost with the government, contributing two dollars per dose of foot-and-mouth […]
Government is seeking about Shs76 billion ($20 million) to purchase 10 million doses of vaccines against Foot and Mouth Disease, as the outbreak continues to ravage more than 30 districts. This was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Mr. Frank Tumwebaze while updating Members of Parliament […]
The ongoing livestock quarantine sparked by an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has left farmers in agony and financial distress. The quarantine was imposed by the commissioner for Animal Husbandry, Dr Ann Rose Ademun following the outbreak of the disease in the cattle corridor and directed that the […]
