Agriculture
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Education officer urges students to embrace farming
LIRA-Students in Uganda have been urged not to have a negative attitude towards agriculture/ farming and instead embrace it as a business activity that can transform their lives. Moses Olok, a senior…
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Banana farmers suffer losses as strange disease ravages plantations in Kabarole
KABAROLE -Banana farmers in Kabarole district are counting losses as a strange disease continues to devastate plantations for close to a year now. A disease which agriculturalists say is banana rust thrips,…
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Leaders urge farmers to concentrate on food crops as prices of cash crops fall
GULU-Farmers in Acholi Sub-region have been urged to concentrate on food crop production if they are to fight household poverty. This follows persistent price fluctuations for cash crops such as cotton, soybean,…
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Agago macadamia farmers receive 30,000 seedlings
AGAGO– Government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal husbandry and Fisheries [MAAIF] committed it will distribute 30,000 macadamia seedlings to farmers in Agago district. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the Minister of State for…
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Mukono farmers take up agroecological agriculture
MUKONO: In a bid to save the environment and boost food security, a section of coffee farmers in Mukono district under the guidance of Eastern and South African Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda…
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FAO launches project to enhance gender equality in Amolatar
AMOLATAR-The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] has launched a flagship project to end gender inequality and boost food security in Ugandan households. The pilot project, Dimitra…
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Partners introduce biological control to counter new mango mealybug pest
NTUNGAMO– The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO], the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] and the International…
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Nebbi cotton farmers concerned as heavy rains hit gardens
NEBBI- Cotton farmers in Nebbi district are concerned about the bad weather which they say has affected both the quality and quantity of yields this year. Cotton is one of the traditional…
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Drop in coffee growing in Africa expected as temperatures rise
KAMPALA-As temperatures rise in Africa, experts predict a dramatic decline in coffee availability, leaving farmers with an uncertain future and putting the US$ 2.5 billion market at risk. Currently, coffee production is…
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NaCORI unveils trap to catch coffee pests
MASAKA -In a bid to save coffee plantations in the Greater Masaka districts from the black coffee twig borers, the National Coffee Research Institute [ NaCORI ] has developed a bait trap,…
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