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Northern
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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Agriculture
Lango farmers advised to buy quality seeds
LIRA-As they prepare for the new plating season, the assistant commissioner in charge of Seed Inspection and Certification in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], Dr. Mary Teddy Asio,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bad weather leaves members of Paimol Cooperative Society upset
AGAGO – Members of Paimol Cooperative Society in Agago district have had a setback in their agricultural production, having been affected by the harsh weather last year. They said the late rains…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NARO develops new cassava varieties
LIRA-The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has developed two new cassava varieties that are resistant to drought and disease. The varieties [NAROCAS 1 and NAROCAS 2], according to the director of Ngetta…
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Agriculture
Kasese farmers count losses as strange disease ravages banana plantations
KASESE – Banana farmers in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange viral disease attacked their plantations, exposing the farmers’ households to hunger and poverty. Agricultural experts in the district say…
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Technology
Mbarara University students develop organic fertiliser
MBARARA– Students in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies [FIS], Mbarara University of Science and Technology [MUST] have developed an organic fertiliser out of animal waste and plants. The new I-soft fertiliser was…
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News
Uganda’s coffee exports plummet 29 percent in August due to drought
KAMPALA– Uganda’s coffee sub-sector regulator, Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] reported that the country’s coffee exports fell 28.5 percent year-on-year in August due to a drought that damaged crops in some regions…
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News
Tayebwa asks Vietnam to help Uganda in coffee processing
KAMPALA– Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has called for cooperation with Vietnam to develop the country’s coffee value chain for the benefit of farmers. In a meeting with Vietnam’s Ambassador-Designate to Uganda, Nguyen…
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Development
Teso citrus farmers benefit as training centre is opened
SOROTI– Teso Citrus Training and Education Centre was officially opened in Arapai Sub-county in Soroti City to help citrus fruit farmers including cooperatives to improve the quality of their fruits, and add…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole farmers decry poor yields from fishing project
KABAROLE – Farmers in Kabarole district are counting losses after investing in a cage fishing project that has produced poor yields. In October last year, government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services…
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