Lira commerce boss Fredrick Doi says agriculture spurs economic growth
Doi wants private sector to invest in agricultural value chains ranging from production to processing and marketing, in order to build a more robust and inclusive economy.
Category: Agriculture
Lira women farmers find fortunes on the Okole shoreline
A group of women farmers in Ayago Cell, Ayago Ward, Lira City East Division, are using the Okole wetland for agriculture.
Engola gives Myek cooperative shs6 million to boost agriculture
Cooperative members also intend to expand its agro-processing unit, allowing the women to add value to their produce and reach higher-income markets.
Adjumani stakeholders discuss MAAIF’s climate smart agriculture project
The project will be implemented in sixty-nine districts across the country, seven of which will host refugees, including Adjumani.
Plastic bottles for drip irrigation, a game-changer for farmers in Lira
Plastic bottles, which would typically take a decade to decompose, can now be re-used as valuable tools in drip irrigation systems.
Small-scale farmers embrace human urine as fertilizer and pesticide
The use of human urine as fertilizer and pesticide presents a cost-effective, eco-friendly alternative to synthetic agricultural inputs.
Fast maturing crops, plastic irrigation: Lira women’s answer to climate change
UN Women suggest that by 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty, and cause 232 million to face food insecurity.
Kwania gets shs1b for CARs under the national oilseeds project
National Oilseed Project is funded by IFAD and the governmnet of Uganda contributing some significant amount for its implementation.
Mosaic disease forces Oyam farmers to sell immature cassava
Robert Alele of Apala village, Acaba sub-county, says he planted one acre of cassava this year.
Amolatar’s climate-smart agriculture revolution takes root as farmers adopt organic farming
As more farmers adopt innovative agricultural practices, there is a palpable sense of hope and determination within the community.
Natukwasa: A midwife in love with goat farming
Patience Natukwasa is an enrolled midwife serving the ghetto of Mivule Zone, Wabigalo, Makindye East, Kampala. She has a passion in goat herding.
BRAC 4-acre farming model for Dokolo farmers
Gladis Ewok, the chairperson of Lok Anok Youth group in Okwongodul sub-county, has expressed her desire for a bicycle from BRAC.