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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The poor state of roads in Buhesi sub county in Bunyagabu district is holding back economic growth of the area and hampering access to social services. Buhesi sub county is known for growing matooke, cassava and onions among other crops. However, one of the …

LATAKIA, Syria, | XINHUA |   Charred trees and burnt soil filled the horizon while white smoke filled the air, telling the story of wildfires that engulfed areas in Syria over the past 48 hours, turning the once picture-perfect sceneries into sad stories of dead crops. Farmers and families are in …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 872 farmers in Kwania district have received farm inputs from Clean Energy Partnership for Africa, CEPA with funding from Kingdom Rice Uganda in collaboration with Equity Bank to promote rice growing. The farm inputs comprising 2,500kgs of Nase-1 improved upland rice seeds with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic led to the highest rates of environmental degradation in some parts of the country as people sought for alternative economic activities to survive the lockdown. Reports have shown that people who were in formal employment like teachers resorted to dealing in …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese authorities have handed back eight head of cattle looted by cattle rustlers from local farmers in the Northern Uganda District of Lamwo. A five-member delegation of security personnel from South Sudan’s Torit state accompanied by political and cultural leaders handed the animals to …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 170 farmers in Kwania district have signed a Memorandum of Understanding- MoU with Special Anointing Oil Company, (SAO-Uganda) a nongovernmental organization implementing the growing of rosemary in Eastern, Western and Northern Uganda. The rosemary plant is a luxuriant garden herb with needle-like leaves …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO) said on Wednesday it has jointly launched a 14.3 million U.S. dollar intervention program to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 on the continent’s coffee sector. IACO said it has teamed up with the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and the Center …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kabale district have resorted to growing Napier grass to control run off water and soil erosion during heavy rainfall. Kabale is one of the districts that are prone to landslides during rainy seasons resulting from poor farming methods. In May this year, landslides …

Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A farmer in Bugondo Sub County in Serere district has cut down his 20 acre orange garden following an outbreak of a strange disease. 63-year-old Paul Opio cut down his orchard in Opucet Village, which has been earning him at least Shillings 10 million annually …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Bugondo sub county, Serere district are counting losses as the condition of roads worsens due to the rising water levels from Lake Kyoga. For more than two months now, parts of major roads in Bugondo, Kadungulu, Labor and Pingire sub counties have …