Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences

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Browsing Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences by Author "Afedraru, Lominda"

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    Best practices sybean farmers can adopt today
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-29) Afedraru, Lominda
    Soybean is a legume crop that fixes nitrogen into the soil adding to its fertility and the beans are rich in vegetable protein including bioactive food components and several important nutrients such as fiber and iron.
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    Easy ways to preserve fish
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-05) Afedraru, Lominda
    Uganda is richly endowed with natural water bodies and fisheries play a very important role as a basis for subsistence and commercial livelihood of agood nmber of people. Lake Victoria is the largest and economically most significant of the national fisheries contribution.
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    Farmer finds gold mine in quail eggs
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-14) Afedraru, Lominda
    Quail farming is not so common in Uganda like the rearing of other poultry birds such as chicken, turkey and ducks.
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    Get good yields from your rice enterprise with good practices
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-15) Afedraru, Lominda
    Rice production in Uganda started in the 1940's mainly for food consumption but due to a number of constraints, production remained minimal until the 1970's when farmers appealed to the then government for assistance.
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    Getting high yields from tomatoes
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-05) Afedraru, Lominda
    Tomato is a vegetable from the solanaceae family and it is one of the popularly grown vegetables by Ugandan farmers for commercial purpose. The choice of a tomato cultivar is based on fruit quality, adaptability and reliability as well as susceptibility to diseases and pests.
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    How to get more milk out of your cow.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-02) Bbosa, Denis; Afedraru, Lominda
    It is frustrating for any farmer to invest money and time in his cow and get meagre returns during milking period.
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    Reap great yield from passion fruit
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-08) Afedraru, Lominda
    Passion fruit is easy to grow and a farmer is able to reap within eight-12 months. The most common types grown by farmers include the purple Grandilla popularly known for its scent locally known as Kasese, Masaka and Kenyan passion fruit variety.
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    Researchers release hybrid bean varieties
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-12) Afedraru, Lominda
    Anemia Which iss an indicator of iron deficiency afflicts almost one out of two non-pregnant women and 50 percent of children under five in Uganda.