Browsing by Author "Tumushabe, Alfred"

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    Banana farmers unite to improve prices, produce.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-21) Tumushabe, Alfred
    Banana farmers in Ankole sub-region have formed an organisation, Uganda Banana Producers Cooperative Union, to shore up growing of the crop, improve marketing and promote proper handling. The production and actors in banana value chain face challenges of banana bacterial wilt, low farm gate prices, unscrupulous middlemen, declining soil fertility and unpredictable and extreme weather conditions,
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    Drug-resistant ticks suck Ankole cattle farmers’ hope
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Tumushabe, Alfred; Amanyisa, Zadock
    Tick-resistance to acaricides has persisted in the area for seven years now and hundreds of cows have succumbed to the tick-borne disease.