Weekly Market Outlook 2021

There was very low demand for maize at the Busia Produce hub due to the continued supply of cheaper maize from Tanzania as compared to the Ugandan crop. Transit traders from the production locations delivered […]

In the central district market, slow trading was reported for most commodities. Apart from commodities that didn’t feature well in the just concluded harvest such as millet, soya beans, sorghum, maize grain, groundnuts and simsim,

The stability of the current maize grain price is evident that the season will not bear as much yield as usual. The current high price of maize grain compared to the usual price during the

The food chain distribution has had a generally good supply of common staples such as Matooke, rice, maize, millet and potatoes. Throughout the last nine seasons, the supply of Matooke has been abundant to most

This year’s first maize grain harvest season has notably started at a high price which speculators have come up with conclusions. The season was highly affected by the dry weather spell experienced earlier during the

During the week, the regional border post market in Busia offered to purchase maize at Ksh.26/kg (Ugx.850). This was after the newly harvested maize had gradually registered a slight increment in price from Ksh.25/kg (Ugx.830)

In the final week of June, newly harvested maize grain was delivered to Kampala and the market registered two prices, the newly harvested price at Ugx.800-820/kg and the old stock price at Ugx.850-860/kg. Apparently, millet

There was a rush in Kampala and other locations to stock enough food through the “Covid 19 Second Lockdown” that is expected to last 42 days which spiked demand for most food stuffs. Several city

 The maize price in Kampala-Kisenyi dry grain market increased greatly from Ugx.770/kg to Ugx.850-880/kg due to scarcity. The lock down has excited the market price. The grain price hit Ugx.1000/kg but was only calmed down

The fish catch increased and supply to the market forced the market price low. Nile Perch price declined from Ugx.12,000 per kilo to Ugx.8000-10,000/kg depending on a day’s supply. The price for Tilapia also reduced