414 guides across 21 subjects
Every figure traced to a named source
Prices in Ugandan shillings, per acre and per animal
Sourced from Ugandan research, not repeated from the internet

Ugandan Farming, Properly Costed

Long form guides to growing, rearing, processing and selling in Uganda, each one built from primary sources and each one honest about what the evidence does not say.

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Primary sourcesMinistry, NARO, UBOS, FAO
Costed in shillingsPer acre and per animal
No invented dealersNo unverified names or numbers
Gaps namedWe say when data is missing
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Every section is a hub with its own guides underneath. The count beside each one is live.

Livestock
26 guides Agribusiness
25 guides Animal Feeds and Health
25 guides Farm Inputs
25 guides Farm Machinery
25 guides Fruit Farming
25 guides Irrigation and Greenhouses
25 guides Poultry
25 guides Processing and Value Addition
25 guides Spice Farming
25 guides Cattle and Dairy
24 guides Crops
24 guides Export Crops
24 guides Fish Farming
22 guides Vegetable Farming
21 guides Farming Costs
17 guides Selling and Buyers
15 guides Farm Calculators and Record Templates
10 guides Guides
9 guides Farming Business Ideas
8 guides

What it actually costs

Costed budgets for maize, beans, dairy, poultry, pigs, goats and fish, with the arithmetic shown and the loss making cases named rather than hidden.

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Farming Costs

Cost of Starting a Pig Farm

about 4,400 words
Read the guide Farming Business Ideas

Pig Farming Profit Calculation

about 4,300 words
Read the guide Farming Costs

Cost of Starting Goat Farming

about 4,300 words
Read the guide Farming Business Ideas

Goat Farming Profit Calculation

about 4,600 words
Read the guide Farming Business Ideas

Dairy Farming Profit Calculation

about 5,000 words
Read the guide Farming Business Ideas

Fish Farming Profit Calculation

about 5,000 words
Read the guide

How these guides are written

Read from the source

Figures come from ministry manuals, research institute records and national statistics, opened and read rather than quoted at second hand.

Arithmetic shown

Where a published budget does not add up, the audit is printed instead of the figure. Several official totals on this site do not survive division.

Gaps stated, not filled

When Uganda has no measurement for something, the guide says so and gives you a way to measure it on your own farm.

No dose without a label

No spray rate, dilution, interval or withdrawal period is printed for any product. Those belong on the label and with a veterinary or extension officer.

No invented businesses

No dealer, buyer, nursery, mill or contact detail appears unless it can be verified. Where no public register exists, the guide says that plainly.

What this site will not do

It will not tell you a crop is profitable when the budget says otherwise, name a supplier it has not verified, or print a spray rate. Several guides here conclude that an enterprise loses money at current prices, because that is what the figures showed.

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414long form guides
21 subject hubs, each with its own guides

These two numbers are queried from the site itself, not typed in, so they cannot drift out of date.

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The three largest sections, by number of guides.

Livestock (26) Agribusiness (25) Animal Feeds and Health (25)