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Item Masindi farmers want more seeds(New Vision, 2017-06-27) Nyamahunge, PriscillarFarmers in Masindi have called on the Government to offer more seedlings to eradicate poverty in their households. Speaking during an agricultural exhibition at Kihonda Demonstration Farm at Pakanyi sub-county, Masindi, Benedicto Ssensaga, a coffee farmer from Bwijanga sub-county, requested the Government for an irrigation scheme to fight the drought that often ravages their crops.Item Rice farmers tipped on fertiliser use(New Vision, 2017-01-12) Nandudu, ProssyCombining different types of fertilisers will increase rice production and its nutritional content in rice growing areas in Uganda, researchers have said. According to researchers, this will reduce malnutrition and enhance food security.Item Diary farmers asked to invest in technologies(New Vision, 2017-07-13) Nandudu, ProssyDairy farmers have been asked to invest in the production of quality milk by enhancing various trainings and the use of simple technologies. Farmers were trained in quality management, storage of animal feeds, best practices of controlling diseases and how to look out for quality veterinary drugs.Item Armyworms attack crops(New Vision, 2017-01-11) Drasimaku, RichardJohn Tokerunga, a farmer in Abaji parish, Zombo district got terrified when he saw the devastation caused by army worms on a demonstration site of Victoria Seeds Limited near Ankpa Primary School. The worms tend to attack parts of the field that are neither fertilised nor weeded.Item Good agronomy practices improve Kakuka's maize yields.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-09) Muzaale, FredJane Kakuka has adopted better maize growing practices to achieve good yields.Item Scientist tips farmers best practices of banana growing.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-16) Muzaale, FredWhen asked the biggest challenges farmers in Uganda are confronted with while growing banana both on smallholder and commercial. Dr. Ssettumba Mukasa, was brief to mention the depleted soils of nutrients.Item Price of maize could fall as harvest begins(New Vision, 2017-07-17) Tenywa, GeraldThe high court of food particularly maize is likely to drop as the first harvest begins countrywide, accounting to a new report released by the office of the prime minister.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 Dairy Farming transforming farmers' lives in western Uganda.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-29) Ainebyona, FelixDairy farming in western regions has been carried out on the traditional model based on social design that parses quantity over quality.Item Armyworm not linked to NAADS - government(New Vision, 2017-07-05) Walubiri, Moses; Ssekanjako, Henry; Katamba, JoshuaLittle is known about the cause of out break of the armyworm among ordinary Ugandans, save for the fact that the ruinous caterpillars are 'natives' of Latin America. The armyworm is an African moth. It is a deleterious pest, capable of destroying entire crops in a matter of weeks. the larvae feed on all types of grasses and the early stages of cereal crops.Item Integrate projects for maximum gain(New Vision, 2017-07-16) Buwembo, JoachimMany people are now looking at agriculture as a business. This is very good. Many salaried people have started investing in agriculture so that by the time they leave employment, they will have mastered enough know-how to manage their farm enterprises.Item Government bans slaughter of donkeys(New Vision, 2017-08-29) Odeke, FaustineThe Government has banned the sale and purchase of donkeys for slaughter at animal markets across the country and has also ordered the immediate closure of all donkey slaughter facilities.Item 81-year-old Kanyike makes the most of mixed farming.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-09) Bbosa, DenisDairy farming is indeed embedded in 81-year old Henry Kanyike's DNA. As you are ushered into his compound at Kiteezi, a Kampala suburb, your first sight is a dilapidated tractor and the sounds of mooling cows.Item New addition to endangered Rhino(New Vision, 2017-08-28) Kiwanuka, FrederickThe July-August season has turned out to be a rhino baby boom for Uganda after yet another baby rhino was born at the Nakasongola-based Ziwa rhino sanctuary on Saturday.Item Is the fall of Nile perch bad for lake Victoria?(New Vision, 2017-08-26) Tenywa, GeraldThe Nile Perch dominance is no more. Tables have turned in favour of the small fish, such as mukene and nkejje, also known as Haplochromines, according to Anthony Munyaho, the director of research at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO).Item Fish stocks sink amid turbulent lake wars(New Vision, 2017-11-21) Kato, JoshuaThe fisheries report released by the Agriculture Ministry in July last year shows that fish production from Lake Victoria has followed a zigzag trend in the last 15 years.Item Sharks, sea turtles rule Mogadishu fish market(New Vision, 2017-08-28) Kato, JoshuaThe sharks are attracted by the blood flowing into the ocean from the several camel and donkey butcheries on the coastline. And as they rule the waters, their body parts rule the fish market.Item Farmers tipped on curbing land degradation in hilly areas(New Vision, 2017-09-04) Kasirye, JulietA total of 18,430 farmers have acquired skills to promote Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in an effort to fight land degradation in hilly areas across the country.Item Regional tea exports marginally increase despite bad weather.(Daily Monitor, 2017-01-17) Nakaweesi, DorothyThe growing in the region is being supported by the improving volume of exports as seen at Mombasa Tea auction.Item What it takes to invest in Soya flour processing.(Daily Monitor, 2017-01-17) Nakaweesi, DorothySoya bean is emerging as an important crop because of the rich nutritional values attached to it especially proteins. Dorothy Nakaweesi shares what one need to do in order to invest and reap from a soya flour factory.