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Daily Monitor Tuesday May 25 2021 A farmer in his cassava garden in Lakwana Sub-county, Omoro District recently. Cassava farmers in Nwoya District have been affected by Brown Streak Virus. PHOTO/ CAROLINE AYUGI Advertisement According to farmers, the disease ravaged their cassava gardens between 2017 and 2019. Ms Christine Apiyo, a farmer in Akili Village in Koch Goma Sub-county, told Daily Monitor that she lost five acres of cassava plantation to the disease in 2018. Just like many other farmers in Nwoya, Ms Apiyo embraced cassava growing when the district passed an ordinance eight years ago. Initially, during harvest period, Ms Apiyo says she would collect about Shs1.8m from an acre of cassava. ....
Guide for hybrid crops to plant this season Saturday April 03 2021 Farmers have cleared their gardens and sowing the seeds is ongoing in several parts of the country. Agronomists recommend hybrid varieties which will beget high yields. Summary Advertisement Early this week, the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) predicted heavy first rainy season which has already started. Seeds of Gold talked with several agronomy experts breeding various crop varieties and below they share the crops farmers should plant this season. Beans The head of the bean programme at the National Crop Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) in Namulonge Dr Stanley Nkalubo explains that farmers are advised to grow hybrid bean varieties which are high yielding. ....