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Serere: Farmers worried over poor yields as soil testing equipment at research institute lie idle
SERERE, April 25, 2024 – Farmers in Serere district have raised concerns over poor yields, and farm losses, which they say are brought about by the soil testing equipment that lie idle…
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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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Environment
Museveni blames West Nile leaders over bush burning
ARUA – President Yoweri Museveni has blamed political leaders in West Nile Sub-region for failing to enforce the by-laws against bush burning that has become so common in the region. Museveni said…
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Agriculture
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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Cooperatives & Communities
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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Cooperatives & Communities
Demonstration farms help farmers appreciate value of fertilisers
GULU-A joint initiative by two fertiliser-producing companies is helping farmers in Uganda to appreciate the importance of using fertilisers to boost farm yields. Yara Fertilizer Company and Export Trading Group-ETG have collaborated…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee farming: Amuru district official urges farmers to form associations
AMURU– Amuru district agricultural office is rallying coffee farmers in the district to form associations, saying they would help in the economic transformation of the farmers’ households. Currently, the district has about…
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News
Security deployed to guard Masaka forest reserves
MASAKA– Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] officers and Environmental Police have been deployed to protect three forest reserves of Manwa, Jubiya, and Mujuzi in Bukakata Subcounty and Namirembe Forest Reserve in Kyanamukaka Subcounty…
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