Agriculture
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Lango cultural leader calls for revival of cotton growing
Lira– The Paramount Chief of Lango Cultural Foundation, Mzee Yosam Odur Ebii, has called on farmers in the region to revive growing of cotton as one of the approaches to improving household…
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MPs summon Kampala lawyer over Shs 39bln tea farmers’ compensation
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises [COSASE] has summoned lawyer Patrick Kiconco Katabaazi, a partner with Pathways Advocates over failure to account for Shs 39 billion meant…
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Raw coffee exports irk Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday addressed delegates attending the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit at Speak Resort Munyonyo in Kampala where he discouraged the export of raw coffee and other products from Africa,…
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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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Farmers tipped on agroecology to mitigate climatic change disruptions
MBARARA – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESSAF Uganda] has appealed to small-scale Farmers in the country to embrace agroecology in a bid to contain some of the…
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Counterfeit maize seed seized in Lira
LIRA – More than 1,000 kilogrammes of fake maize seed have been seized in an ongoing operation mounted by the police, Lira district agricultural department, and Lango Agro-input Dealers’ Association. The operatives…
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Farmers told to embrace new innovations at agricultural trade fair
GULU – Northern Uganda small-scale farmers were urged to embrace new innovations and technologies to respond to the emerging challenges of climate change as a regional agricultural exhibition commenced in Gulu City.…
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Alebtong farmers ask govt for machine to process livestock feeds
ALEBTONG – A farmers’ group in Alebtong town council, Alebtong district has asked the government to provide them with a machine to process livestock feeds, saying the market is available. The group,…
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NARO, Caritas team up to train farmers in Lango
LIRA – The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] and Caritas Uganda, a faith-based non-governmental oragnisation have trained 150 farmers in the Lango Sub-region in basic agronomy, climate-smart agriculture, and livestock management. The…
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Lira City organic fertiliser maker targets regional market
LIRA – Fidena Agri Uganda, a company based in Lira City, Northern Uganda has developed liquid organic fertiliser to improve vegetable and crop yields and is targeting the East African market. The…
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