/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/689860/-/vryj74/-/index.html http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/Small+holder+farmers+should+be+Connected+to+markets/-/689860/1407004/-/60dlm3/-/index.html Farmers will need to put their efforts together if they are to grow and benefit from cost advantages of business growth, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad), Kanayo Nwanze advised small holder farmers. Kanayo was on a one-day visit to Kalangala District. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1406994/-/jouydz/-/index.html Anyone setting out to be a crop farmer normally tries to get a place whose soil has the natural capacity to produce and sustain high crop yields all the time. Other factors such as climatic conditions, closeness to a permanent natural water source and easy accessibility to public transport means are also important. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/Agriculture+budget+cut+a+blow+to+Uganda+s+economy/-/689860/1406998/-/tb8w88/-/index.html In view of the on-going discussions around the midterm Budget Frame work Paper, the agriculture sector will receive 3.2 per cent of the National Budget. It is very absurd to note that, the sector is being shelved. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/Gulu+to+revive+silk+farming/-/689860/1402518/-/14vt1chz/-/index.html A number of new and viable agricultural projects have been introduced in Northern Uganda since the recovery process began in 2006 with the belief that many of these would make them recover quickly from the effects of war to catch up with the rest of the country. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/The+increasing+demand+for+coffee+gets+farmers+working/-/689860/1402512/-/b6b84u/-/index.html The Robusta coffee farmers in most of Buganda and much of western Uganda are now harvesting. Their main harvesting season is in the months of April, May, June and July. The other coffee harvesting seasons for the region are November and December but it is normally lean. For the other Robusta coffee growing parts of the country like Luwero, Kayunga and Mukono, the months of November, December and January are their main harvest seasons. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/Guavas++Common+in+homesteads+but+hardly+on+the+market/-/689860/1402522/-/1jfswfz/-/index.html Though one is likely to find a guava tree in almost every farm or compound in the country, there are not many people who have taken on growing them on a large scale. Mr James Katumba, a fruit trader in Nakasero Market, says that this explains why there are few guavas on the market. He adds that there are not as many customers who like guavas. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/Will+the+youth+venture+fund+help+young+farmers+/-/689860/1402526/-/hfvb0vz/-/index.html The youth venture fund is such a great opportunity. What is rather intriguing is that programmes that are about opportunity like the foregoing, guidelines for participation are stringent and blind to context. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1397616/-/x84viz/-/index.html In developing countries like Uganda, the emphasis tends to be more on increasing food production than the cleanliness of the food produced. The Uganda Bureau of Standards will test manufactured food products to establish their quality and fitness for human consumption. 2012-05-01T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1392948/-/xbj2az/-/index.html The climate in Uganda and some of the neighbouring countries is favourable to pests. It is generally warm and the pests multiply faster here than in the other parts of the world where the climate is cool. 2012-04-24T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1392944/-/xbj2ez/-/index.html As bushes are being burnt to clear the land for farming, at the same time, some people have taken to destroying beehives. This is seriously affecting a major agricultural activity in Gulu. 2012-04-24T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1388770/-/xsxj2z/-/index.html The crop is steadily gaining a position as a major crop as it is being grown in more and more parts of the country. Cocoa is one of those fruits that has quite a number of uses and this is what makes its market flourish. 2012-04-18T07:51:27Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1388766/-/xsxjrz/-/index.html There is a growing campaign these days urging farmers to intensify production through modern agriculture as the key to food security and economic development. Some people however, have interpreted ‘modern agriculture’ as purely about adaptation to the use of hybrid seeds, production of non-traditional food crops, keeping of exotic animals and birds, using manufactured fertilisers and a whole range of other inputs that are often too expensive for the majority of our smallholder farmers. 2012-04-18T07:50:29Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1388760/-/xsxjxz/-/index.html Coffee farmers, whose yields have been affected by effects of climate change especially the lengthy dry spells that have hit sub Saharan Africa including Uganda, will soon have the option of growing the drought-tolerant coffee variety which scientists are currently working upon. 2012-04-18T07:47:57Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1385724/-/xv1lvz/-/index.html Farming is subsistence in the rural areas with most farmers practicing it majorly for household consumption and only a little surplus sold. However, despite losing his property during the 1980 liberation war which forced him to join the army, Francis Luzzi did not relent to his dream to practice farming as business. 2012-04-13T08:46:30Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1383990/-/xwdi8z/-/index.html Water should have more value to the farmer because without it his or her job is jeopardised. Crops and livestock need water to flourish and indeed our existence is impossible without water. A big percentage of plant tissues are composed of water and it is a major component of animal body cells. The plants usually absorb it from the ground through their root systems and use it to carry nutrients from the soil to all parts of the plants, before it is let out into the air in a process called transpiration. 2012-04-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1383984/-/xwdj0z/-/index.html In December last year, about 2,800 cotton growers in Busoga region made an alarm over the fluctuating prices, with threats of dragging to court the Cotton Development Organisation (CDO), a body that fixes prices for local farmers, after the prices of the crop dropped. 2012-04-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1383994/-/xwdi4z/-/index.html With the availability of information on market prices and trends, smallholder farmers in Africa are better placed to make well-informed decisions on the crops to grow, which farming practices to adopt and the markets to sell their produce for a better bargain. 2012-04-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1379728/-/yes8ez/-/index.html Ben Barugahare, 66, is a small holder farmer in Rushekye village, Kabale District. He has eight children and has always earned his living from the Irish potato farm though with difficulty due to poor farming methods and price fluctuations. On his estimated three acres of land, Barugahare harvests between 15 to 20 bags of irish potatoes that have been fetching him between Shs200,000 to Shs300,000 per season. 2012-04-03T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1379738/-/yes7iz/-/index.html Groups make it easy for Agricultural Advisory Services extension workers to pass on new knowledge and information because the groups have well known locations and phone contacts. The fact that they have agreed to unite suggests that they are eager to learn about new technologies and even to welcome development programmes such as credit schemes, tree planting, family planning, child immunisation, and similar projects. 2012-04-03T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1379732/-/yes7oz/-/index.html The dry spell affected his banana plantation and caused him losses but Farouque Ssegawa can still bank on other crops and varieties. At 25 years old, Farouque Ssegawa is competing with farmers, men and women, who are old enough to call him grandson. But for him, this is an opportunity to learn from them, compete with them and even advise them at some point. 2012-04-03T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1365576/-/1045txz/-/index.html When Patricia Nalwanga lost her husband, she was not sure of where to start from. They had only been trying to get on their feet as a young couple. 2012-03-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1365590/-/1045scz/-/index.html Though it is mostly found growing wildly, the vegetable has also been domesticated for the market. Ejobyo, also known as eshwiga in Runyankore, is a vegetable that is mostly grows wildly. However, there are people who grow it domestically for sale in the market. 2012-03-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1365586/-/1045t2z/-/index.html One way to help disadvantaged children is to provide them with the necessary skills for them to become self-reliant and to live normal, successful lives. 2012-03-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1365580/-/1045t8z/-/index.html A museum in Karamoja? Yes – Moroto got its first museum to celebrate the history, culture and traditions of the Karimojong people. 2012-03-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1361144/-/1071c6z/-/index.html When the drought hit the country last year, the prices for different commodities rose, the prices of yams, a tuber crop, was not exception. Since then, the prices have not changed. Before the drought, a sack of yams cost about Shs30,000 but since then the prices have doubled (and one time, they tripled). At the end of last year, traders were buying a sack at Shs80,000. At one point, it went up to Shs120,000. 2012-03-07T12:44:44Z