Govt secures Shs129b for rice farmers in Bugiri, Bugweri
Daily Monitor Tuesday April 06 2021 Mr Abdul Karim Kateeba, the chairperson of Namutumba Rice Farmers’ Group, stands inside a warehouse containing tonnes of rice in Jinja City on September 23, 2020. PHOTO/PHILIP WAFULA Summary The funds will be used to dig a dam that will supply water, compensate the affected, provide fertilisers and quality seedlings to farmers. Advertisement At least 9,000 rice farmers in Bugiri and Bugweri are set to benefit from Shs129b funding secured by government to improve production of the cereal. Mr Aggrey Bagiire, the State minister for Agriculture, at the weeken...
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