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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Fruit vendors in Kampala are reaping big from the sale of pineapples. It is common to see vendors pushing wheelbarrows selling pineapples or some of the vendors carrying them in big numbers.   Hannington Abaasa, a resident of Kisalosalo zone in Kyebando, a suburb of Kampala …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Until five years ago, fruit vendors in Acholi sub region were importing watermelon from other parts of Uganda. Back then, the fruit farmers had a false belief that watermelon couldn’t do well, leave alone growing in Acholi sub region. Watermelon was commonly grown in Luwero, …