🇺🇬 Uganda Weekly Farming, Food Market & Weather Report
21–28 September 2026

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🌧️ Weather: Showers and thunderstorms remain possible across several parts of Uganda. Flood risks are especially important around Greater Mbale, Kampala, Mukono, Mpigi, Wakiso, and parts of the Lake Victoria area.

🌽 Crops: Field conditions vary widely. Some areas are harvesting or storing grain, while others have newly planted maize and beans that are still establishing.

🐄 Livestock: Keep feed dry, maintain reliable clean water, watch animals daily for illness, and protect housing from heavy rain and standing water.

📈 Markets: Prices vary sharply from one location to another. Always confirm the crop type, grade, unit, buyer, and current local price before selling or purchasing.

Karamoja requires particular attention. A normal harvest calendar does not mean every household has sufficient food, and current reports continue to indicate serious food-access concerns.

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howers and thunderstorms feature in the regional forecasts, but short dry breaks are still possible. This week's priorities are:

•⁠ ⁠Protect your harvest. Harvest only mature crops, dry grain on clean surfaces off the ground, and keep it protected from rain.
•⁠ ⁠Check before planting. Confirm that the soil is moist at seed depth and that planting still fits your local season. One shower is not enough to assume the rains are established.
•⁠ ⁠Care for growing crops. Weed early, check young maize and beans for pests or disease, and keep drainage channels clear.

The report includes weather and farming guidance for Karamoja, Northern, Eastern, Western, Central, and the Lake Victoria Crescent, plus livestock care and regional market benchmarks. The price figures are dated estimates, so confirm today's local buyer prices before selling.

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This week's report includes:

🌧️ Regional weather forecasts for Karamoja, Northern, Eastern, Western, Central, and the Lake Victoria Crescent, including expected rainfall and temperatures.

🌽 Updated maize prices, with stronger Kenyan buying helping push prices higher in September.

🌱 Crop-stage guidance for maize, beans, sorghum, millet, and bananas.

🐄 Livestock and vaccination reminders.

⚠️ An important Karamoja food-security update, where serious household food needs remain despite expectations for improving rains.

Our biggest message this week: make farming decisions based on what you actually see in your soil and crops. A good seasonal forecast does not necessarily mean your field has enough moisture to plant today.

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🇺🇬🌱 Uganda’s Weekly Agriculture, Food Market, & Farming Weather Report is ready!
August 31 – September 7, 2026

This week, the biggest message for farmers is: do not rush to plant just because September has arrived.

Much of Uganda is starting the month drier and warmer than normal, with scattered showers that may not yet be enough for reliable germination. Prepare your land, seed, fertilizer, drainage, and inputs now, but wait until your own field has received enough soaking rain before planting.

🌾 Karamoja: Many crops are already ripening or approaching harvest. Protect sorghum, millet, and maize, dry grain carefully, and safeguard livestock water and feed.

🌧️ Looking ahead: Rainfall is expected to strengthen later in the September-November season. Farmers should prepare now for both planting opportunities and increased risks from waterlogging, erosion, crop disease, and difficult post-harvest drying.

📊 Markets: Prices vary considerably by region. This week’s report includes regional price guidance for maize, beans, sorghum, and millet so farmers can better understand their local market position.

🐄 We also cover livestock water, feed, vaccination, tick control, crop-specific field actions, fertilizer guidance, pest management, government programmes, and next-week priorities.

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This week's report has important updates for farmers across Uganda:

🌧️ Northern Uganda: 35–90 mm of rain may fall, with localized flooding, waterlogging, erosion, and difficult road conditions possible. Keep drains open and protect harvested grain.

☀️ Western and Southwestern Uganda: Rainfall may remain limited. Do not plant simply because the normal planting date has arrived. Wait until the soil has enough moisture for good germination.

🌽 Second-season planting: Maize and beans are being planted or establishing in many parts of Eastern, Western, Central, and the Lake Victoria Crescent. Plant into effective moisture, weed early, and scout young crops carefully.

📊 Market update: Maize prices eased from July to August in every region, but they remain higher than August 2025 levels. Beans were mostly stable. Regional maize averages range from about UGX 1,640/kg in Western Uganda to UGX 2,100/kg in Central Uganda.

⚠️ Karamoja remains our greatest concern. Poor rains caused an estimated 50–70% loss of the expected harvest, and the World Food Programme reports that more than 600,000 people are food insecure. Current staple prices are not broadly surging, but food availability, household purchasing power, and future price risk remain serious concerns.

🐄 The report also includes livestock water, feed, vaccination, and disease guidance.

🐛 This week's pest advice covers fall armyworm, bean aphids, sorghum midge, banana weevils, nematodes, and storage pests.

Please read, use, and share the report with farmers, extension workers, farmer groups, cooperatives, churches, and agricultural organizations throughout Uganda.

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