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By placing food on the groud or on unclean places, farmers and traders risk spreading disease to the food items which could eventually lead to food poisoning. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL J. SSALI)
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FARMER'S DIARY: Are we producing food to damage our health?
Our political leaders, NGOs, and agricultural extension workers tend to pay more attention to food production, food security and their economic benefits for farmers, than to food production hygiene and sanitation. ...
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RESEARCH: Developing drought-resistant coffee
The future of Uganda’s coffee farming could be grim, given the rising temperatures pushing the crop past its margins, uphill...
Farming
Palm oil renewed his hope
While many people his age will wallow in self-pity, giving room to disillusionment mostly due to failed attempts to achieve in...
Farming
Mpigi District residents paying for forest reserve degradation
Kwoba Forest Reserve with acreage of about 1,000 hectares was until the late 80s one of the intact forest reserves in Mpigi...
Farming
Pineapple fruit under attack from wilt
The mouth-watering pineapple fruit is under attack, following a sudden outbreak of a strange disease, which if not averted now,...
Farming
Banking on simsim
Small scale farmers in Acholi sub-region who are now attempting to resettle in their former homes are sticking to simsim, as...
Farming
Lack of funds forces farming institute to close down
Kyembogo District Agricultural Training and Information Centre (Datic) in Kabarole recently closed down due to failure by the...
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