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Item Here's how to care for your jade plant.(New Vision, 2016-01-02) Nakandi, JacquelineThe jade is largely considered an indoor plant, but can be put on the patio during hot seasons. It has fleshy, oval leaves that grow from its thick stalk. However, it does not transplant well, explains Maureen Nassozi, a gardener. "It is rare to see the Jade plant bloom," she adds.Item Museveni pledges tea factory for Kisoro, jobs for youth.(New Vision, 2016-01-02) Bwambale, TaddeoGeorge Kakwerere, a 77-year-old resident of Nakashingi village in Kisoro district ekes a living as a casual labourer. George Kakwerere, a 77-year-old resident of Nakashingi village in Kisoro district ekes a living as a casual labourer.Item Projections on cotton production are illogical and misleading.(New Vision, 2016-01-02) Wolumeli, Simon PeterI read the Harvest Money pullout of December 29, 2015 and was surprised to learn that the Prisons boss, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, was comfortable with the prisons' plan for cotton production. The headline of the article was, "Uganda Prisons Service targets to produce one trillion bales of cotton annually".Item Officials probed over suspicious agrochemicals.(New Vision, 2016-01-03) New VisionAgriculture ministry officials, who cleared the 19 containers containing agrochemicals that Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) impounded over suspicious importation, are under investigation. Sources revealed that the ministry officials at Malaba and Busia border posts cleared the agro-chemicals; pesticides called 'Mancozeb 80% WP' and herbicides known as 'Glyphosate 41 SL', yet the importers had no certificate from the ministry clearing the consignment.Item I will transform agriculture- Baryamureeba.(New Vision, 2016-01-03) Mucunguzi, LawrenceIndependent presidential candidate Venansius Baryamureeba has promised to boost agriculture in the country once elected president in the February 18 elections. Baryamureeba said agriculture is the back bone of this country and any leader who strives for its development should put emphasis on it.Item Swine fever claims 340 pigs in Mpigi(Daily monitor, 2016-02-05) Mbogo, SadatPig farmers in Mpigi District are counting their losses following an outbreak of African swine fever that has claimed a number of animals in the area. The African swine fever is a contagious viral infection that spreads rapidly in pig populations.Item Why frogs stay in water(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-09) Mbuguah, StanleyAmong the things he funded most was singing during his joyful moments, he would sing until tears stood in his eyes.Item Tea prices at Mombasa auction remain flat after losing streak.(Daily monitor, 2016-02-22) Andae, GeraldTea prices at the Mombasa auction remained flat in this week's exercise following a losing streak in the last five sales. On average, a kilogramme of made tea fetched Ksh241 (Shs8,119), the same value it traded at in last week's auction.Item UNDP reacts to farmers petition against Bidco.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-29) Wandera, StephenUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has broken silence over its deal with edible oil manufacturer Bidco Africa Ltd. On Monday, Bugala Farmers Association petitioned the United Nation's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the project's key financier, to cut links with the firm, saying it has defied court orders on land compensation.Item BATU net profit drops to Shs20b.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-29) Muhumuza, Mark KeithAs it had warned shareholders in December last year, British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) revealed that net profit in 2015 had declined by 56.5 per cent to Shs20.3 billion. In its audited financial results released last week, the company could not repeat the record net profit of Shs36.7 billion it realised in 2014.Item Uganda feeling the hunger pangs(New Vision, 2017-01-02) Vision reportersDespite the short-lived rain seasons, Rose Arot, a resident of Magoro in Katakwi district, has not given up on farming. Arot and several people in her village have decided to farm in the wetlands as a way of circumventing the problem of water scarcity.Item Mass spraying of cattle to start, says Museveni.(New Vision, 2017-01-02) Ssengendo, AbdulkarimPresident Museveni(far left) speaks to the congregation during the new year services at Emmanuel cathedral Rushere in Kiruhura district, he said there will be countrywide spraying of animals .Item Why kill research at Tororo Animal Research Institute?(New Vision, 2017-01-02) Dr. Okoth, JosueThe only research institute carrying out animal research in Uganda is dead in preference for mining minerals in Osukuru hills. The institute previously called the East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organisation (EATRO) was built by the colonial government in 1956 to carryout a multi-disiplinary research on trypanosomiaisis.Item NAADS fails to pay Kisoro tea farmers(New Vision, 2017-01-04) Manishimwe, WilsonFarmers in Kisoro Bedrict have cried out to the Government to intervene and compel the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) to pay them for the seedlings they supplied party last year. They said the Government released some money, but NAADS officials selected a few of them and paid them November and December 2016. Over sh7b was paid to 67 farmers who had supplied tea seedlings in March and September 2015, they said.Item Govenment has not killed animal research institute in Tororo(New Vision, 2017-01-04) Tumwebaze, FrankLike the president said in his end of year message, industrialisation is both an instrument of liberation and a means of achieving prosperity. There is no doubt that the livestock research institute is an important facility considering that it has been engaging in livestock breeding, developing new genetic breeds, developing good varieties of pasture and legumes.Item Districts to receive improved local chicken(New Vision, 2017-01-04) Alomu, EmmanuelThe National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute has bred over 500 improved indigenous chickens and after selective breeding. The improved local chickens will grow fast and begin producing eggs at six months.Item Operation wealth creation officers tipple on improving productivity.(New Vision, 2017-01-04) Kisige, AbouCo-ordinators of wealth creation(OWC) have been urged to facilitate strategies to increase smallholder farmers' production, productivity, profitability through improved market accessibility.Item King Oyo advises pastoralists in Ntoroko to grow crops, irrigate(New Vision, 2017-01-05) Rogers, SundayKing Oyo visited Wilson Tumusiime, a model farmer dealing in fruits and vegetables in Rwebisengo town council. Despite Ntoroko being a semi-dry area, Tumusiime is using simple irrigation methods to produce vegetables all year round.Item Uganda tardy over agriculture(New Vision, 2017-01-07) Nagenda, JohnChristians in Rome shivered every passing day when it was their turn to be fed to lions made ravenously hungry for the purpose. We have seen the movies. I, a once-christian, am shaking like a leaf at molesting the country I love by accusing it of being slow to appreciate the fabulous gift bestowed upon it by the creator (or Nature, for those who prefer it!) at the time of creationItem Livestock institute relocation necessary(New Vision, 2017-01-09) EditorialThe government has decided to relocate the National Livestock Resources Research Institute from Tororo to Maruzi ranch in Apac district. The location of the institute in Tororo was more of necessity rather than choice. It followed a severe outbreak of sleeping sickness in 1901 in Uganda, especially along the shores and on the islands of Lake Victoria.