Browsing by Author "Kato, Joshua"

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    Beating the quarantine: Why livestock diseases persist
    (New Vision, 2018-04-20) Kato, Joshua
    Much of the cattle corridor is under a quarantine. This is because oof endless bouts of mainly foot and mouth disease. In a three part series, the origin of the disease will be examined, why it persists and what should be done to get rid of it. In the first part, Joshua Kato examines where foot and mouth disease comes from and why measures to stop it are not bearing fruit.
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    Dfcu Bank to answer farmers' financial needs at harvest mony expo.
    (New Vision, 2018-01-16) Kato, Joshua
    The dfcu bank has prepared a variety of packages to exhibit at the harvest money expo, in order to help solve farmers' financial challenges. The expo, to be held at Namboole stadium, starts on Friday February 16, and ends on Sunday February 18, 2018 . Over 200 exhibitors and thousands of visitors are expected to grace the expo
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    Dutch exhibitors laud Harvest Money expo
    (New Vision, 2018-04-06) Kato, Joshua
    "This was the best farming expo that we have ever attended in Uganda," says Francis Baguma, from Kafiika Feeds, a local representative of De Heus / Koudjis, a Dutch livestock nutrition group.
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    Farmers to get improved grass
    (New Vision, 2018-04-20) Kato, Joshua
    Started about two years ago, The Green Elephant (TGE) is adding value and improving pastures, especially grass. The farm has a factory for processing briquettes from waste wood and grass, plus around three acres for growing grass. The farm has also got another branch in Luweero sitting over 25 acres and is specifically used for growing grass.
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    How you make sweet money from honey
    (New Vision, 2018-04-06) Kato, Joshua
    Beekeeping was one of the major topics durring the February 2018, Harvest Money Expo. The entreprise was handled by Tom Okello Anyii of Taf Assured Mixed farm in Lira district and Eliezar Nsubuga from Mobile Bees in Nakaseke district.