Maya Nyambok
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Northern
Chia farmers maximise profits with mechanisation
NWOYA – To maximise profits, farmers growing chia in Nwoya district have embraced mechanisation in planting and harvesting of the crop. Farmers hire machines [planters] at Shs 50,000 to plant an acre of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local cooperatives urged to embrace mechanisation
NWOYA – Agricultural cooperatives in Nwoya district have been urged to embrace mechanisation such as use of tractors to boost crop production. Lwanga Monday, an official from Mascor, the authorised dealer of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Balaalo blamed for frustrating commercial cattle production in northern Uganda
GULU– Members of Gulu Meat Producers Cooperative Society say the presence of Balaalo in Gulu and other parts of the northern region is frustrating the commercial production of livestock there. According to…
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Agriculture
Gulu farmers get low crop yields as soils lose fertility
GULU-Farmers in Gulu district are incurring losses brought about the low crop yields emanating from the soils that have lost fertility. The farmers this reporter talked to days ago attributed the loss…
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Agriculture
New season: Gulu farmers urged on planning their ventures
GULU– Farmers in Gulu district have been urged to plan before embarking on large scale commercial farming to avoid wastage of resources in the new planting season. This comes as farmers start…
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News
Gulu City residents to have regular water supply
GULU-National Water and Sewerage Corporation [NWSC] Gulu area is now able to pump water three times a day from Oyitino Dam 2 following the completion of restoration works at the facility. Ivan Tekakwo,…
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Development
Gulu bee farmers advised to embrace climate-smart agriculture
GULU-Bee farmers in Gulu district have been urged to embrace climate-smart agriculture [CSA] to mitigate the current effects of climate change and environmental degradation due to tree cutting. CSA is an integrated…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low production crippling VSLAs in Gulu
GULU- Low engagement in income generating activities among members of Village Saving and Loan Associations [VSLAs] in Gulu City is crippling their growth, according to the city commercial officer, Nixon Komakech. VSLA…
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Agriculture
Gulu farmers embrace chia seed farming
GULU-Talia Group Limited, a private agribusiness organisation is using contract farming to promote the growing of chia seeds in Gulu and other neighboring districts. The organisation says at least 2,800 farmers in…
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News
Omoro: Food security ordinance in offing
OMORO– Omoro district local government is in the process of developing a nutrition and food security ordinance in a bid to fight food shortage that was experienced by some families in 2022.…
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