Emuron with the tools he uses to shell the nuts. Photo by Simon Emwamu.
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He makes Shs10m from cashew nuts a year
A hectare of land supports about 30 trees and produces about 4,500 kilogrammes of unshelled nuts per season, which is an average of 150 kg per tree. A kilo of unshelled nuts sells at Shs5,000 but there is an even more lucrative market in selling roasted...
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The origin of all banana species can be traced from the wild in the South East Asia but due...
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There is a book I have been reading in recent weeks titled, Hybrid by Noel Kingsbury. It is...
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Teso orange farmers warned on quality
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