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Oil Palm growing finally starts in Busoga after 13 year wait

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Government, through the National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), officially commenced planting oil palm crops in the Busoga sub-region on Friday. The project, introduced in the area thirteen years ago, finally began with the planting of a four-acre garden at Buwolya Village in Mpungwe Sub …

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Buvuma oil palm out growers query farm input distribution

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oil palm growers in Buvuma district have raised concerns about the criterion used by the National Oil Palm Project-NOPP to distribute farm inputs, saying it is meant to keep them in debts. Oil palm farmers are entitled to farm inputs such as seedling, fertilizers, pesticides, …

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PM Nabbanja delays eviction of Sango bay occupants by one month

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has extended the eviction of people occupying Sango Bay land by one month. The extension was made to allow a final joint assessment of all grievances raised in various reports by the local leaders and the ill-fated occupants. Nabbanja was …

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Gov’t repossess former Sango bay land

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has repossessed the former Sango-bay sugar estates in Kabira, Mutukula, and Kakuuto sub-counties in Kyotera district, to pave way for oil palm tree growing in the area. Close to 10,000 residents have been forcefully evicted from the 247 square miles of land that …

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Buvuma authorities ban rice growing near palm oil estates

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma district security committee has stopped rice growing near the newly planted oil palm gardens to avoid the risk of their growth. The district security committee reached the decision after the rice growers in Kasansa village in Busamuzi sub county failed to control the fire …

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Government launches oil palm project in Buvuma

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempijja has commended the private sector for their contribution to the development of the oil palm sector in Uganda. The minister made the remarks in Buvuma while launching oil palm growing on the island. “The private …

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Farmers in Buvuma applaud oil palm project

Today, 154 people majority of whom are residents of Buvuma Islands are employed at just one main nursery bed Buvuma, Uganda | SIERRA RUTH ARINAITWE  | Joyce Namusobya has been a subsistence farmer based in Bukagali village on Buvuma Island for as long as she can remember, using her land …

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Oil palm growing threatening food security in Buvuma

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Several people in Buvuma district have taken to oil palm growing at the expense of food growing. Fishing and subsistence farming were the mainstay of Buvuma residents prior to the introduction of oil palm growing.   However, the residents have surrendered the biggest part of the …

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