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Item Mbae milks millions from goats.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-11) Batte, R EdgarWhen purity Mbae realised her baby was loctose intolerant, she had to find a solution. It lay in goat milk. Her mother-in-law, in Kenya, reared goats and she willingly shared with her some milk. However, it was not convenient for her to journey for milk when she could rear goats too.Item Uganda posts highest coffee export volumes at 4.6m bags.(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-24) Nakaweesi, DorothyUganda, Africa's second largest coffee producer after Ethiopia and leading exporter in Africa's records from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) registered a 38per cent increase in export volume and 66 per cent in value. "The year ending September, Uganda exported a total of 4.6 million kilogramme bags of coffee, up from 3.3 million bags it exported last year," UCDA records showed.Item Museveni Woos Qatar to invest in agro-processing.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-20) Nakaweesi, DorothyPresident Yoweri Museveni has said increased investment in agro- processing, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and hospital industry is one sure way Uganda will cut back on the cost of doing business and electricity.Item Lack of agric financial policies crippling country's exports.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-20) Nakaweesi, DorothyWhile Uganda is making progress in exporting value added and manufactured agri -products, exporters still face major challenges in accessing affordable export financing as well as foreign exchange rate fluctuations.Item Coffee prices hit four-month high.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-19) Nakaweesi, DorothyGlobal coffee prices have climbed to a four-month high rallying at above 135 cents of a dollar it last traded in June. This is good news for producing countries including Uganda whole production has increased to take advantage of the price shift.Item Fishermen using poison to catch fish-marine officer.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-07) Edema, DenisUgandans, especially those living in West Nile and Teso regions are at the risk of suffering from gastric cancer due to consuming suspected poisoned fish from Victoria, Albert and Kyoga lakes, a new Uganda People's Defence Forces Fish Protection unit report has stated.Item Aldrine Nsubuga not cowed by the passion fruit virus.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-23) Bbosa, DenisUntil one month age, renown market and sports enthusiast Aldrine Nsubuga was making money from his two-acre passion fruit farm in Kiboga, only for the deadly woodiness virus to set in. Nsubuga, the star times marketing manager, ventured into passion fruit farming one and half years ago as part of his retirement plan.Item How to grow flowers for profit.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-10-07) Bbosa, DenisAccording to French poet Antoinede Saint-Exupery; it is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. Make no mistake, growing roses even with a limitless market home and abroad - is a no-go zone for the faint hearted and deprived.Item Nsubuga's disease free Irish potatoes.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-04) Bbosa, DenisFor years now, crop expert erostus Nsubugs has etched out a name in breeding banana suckers using the tissue culture technology at his AGT company in Bulaba. While excelling at bananas, Nsubuga recently started the growth of Irish potatoes using the same technology and the proliferating demand has made Nsubuga start up a 10-acre potato venture in Namawojjolo, Mukono district.Item Scientists develop army worm resistant maize.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-23) Mafabi, DavidFarmers have all reasons to smile after it has emerged scientists at Naro, have successfully developed resistant maize variety. The scientists say this could be the lasting solution to the fall armyworm that has ravaged more than half of the country posting a significant threat to food security.Item Experts tip farmers on cocoa growing.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-23) Mafabi, DavidMany of us not only love our chocolate but crave it. So it comes as no surprise that the National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI), in Kituza is urging farmers to supplement their coffee gardens with cocoa farming.Item Best coffee farmers to be rewarded.(New Vision, 2017-08-18) Bendana, ChristopherThe Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is to introduce rewards for the best coffee farmers in each sub-county in the coffee growing areas. The winners will receive a heifer or piglet starting this financial year, according to Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the executive director of UCDA.Item New cabbage variety earns BIG.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-23) Katende, ChristineSmallholder farmers can earn up to Shs.5.8m in 85days by growing Queen F1 high yielding cabbage variety. With good agronomic practices Queen F1 variety can yield 30 tonnes per acre. This variety is therefore the most ideal type of vegetable for a farmer who wants to make money over short period with less production costs.Item NAADS to blacklist suppliers of fake agricultural inputs.(New Vision, 2017-08-23) Kakamwa, Charles; Okalebo, CharlesThe National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) secretariat will soon blacklist companies caught supplying substandard agricultural inputs to farmers. The NAADS board chairperson, Robert Kibirango, also revealed that apart from being blacklisted, those engaged in the practice would be prosecuted for derailing a government development programme, geared towards improving the household income of the recipients.Item Training pays off as Apac, Lira farmers reap big.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-27) Oketch, BillAs farmer recover from a prolonged drought, Mr. Morris Engin enjoying a bumper harvest of maize and soya beans that he planted in a gazetted wetland. The 52-year-old has a 12-acre farm at Olweny Irrigation Scheme in Barr sub-county,Item Heavy rains pourrs cold water on Lango cotton farmers' hope.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-08) Oketch, BillSince October, lango sub-region has been experiencing heavy rains, sparking fears that the floods could hinder harvesting of cotton. Lango sub-region used to be one of the biggest producers of cotton in the 1960's, producing more than 400,000 lint bales under the Lango Cooperative Union.Item Set up your poultry shelter on a low budget.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-10-28) Nakibuuka, BeatricePoultry farming is a profitable enterprise when you get the dynamics right, one of them being proper pens or shelter. Enoch Mukokoma, a poultry farmer says building a shelter is one of the most expensive things in starting a poultry house farm business.Item Govt to ban killer cassava.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-22) Tajuba, PaulThe government is considering withdrawing a killer magana cassava variety that has claimed at least seven people in different districts. However, the process will take some time, a senior official has said. Mr. Okasai Opolot, the director of crop resources in the Ministry of Agriculture, said they are sensitising the public about the deadly cassava and providing better and safe varieties to famers.Item Banana farmers unite to improve prices, produce.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-21) Tumushabe, AlfredBanana 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,Item Coffee growers urged on quality.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-04) Tumuhimbise, AlexCoffee farmers in Kagadi District have been urged to plant improved coffee seedlings in order to gain more and increase their household income. The call was made by Dr. Pascal Musoli a coffee breeder from Naro.