Tag Archives: vegetables

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The wilt disease has destroyed several acres of vegetables in Abera Irrigation Scheme, Paibona sub county, Gulu district. The affected include okra, green pepper, tomatoes and dodo. Most of the vegetables had sprouted and were almost ready for harvest, but have been affected by the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Women in Kitgum Municipality are reaping big from growing vegetables on the dry river bed.  Immaculate Atenyo a widow and resident of Kitgum Municipality owns no land and has not been able to rent any arable land for farming due to her inability to make …

Napak, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Like many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the population of  Karamoja region, located in northeastern Uganda, is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture for food security and livelihoods. This makes them extremely vulnerable to climate change. The region receives little amount of rainfall with long period of drought from September …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Trailing his hands over their soft green tips, Ziad Thabet looks with pride at the vegetables he planted on his rooftop as part of his efforts to achieve self-sufficiency amid soaring prices in the markets. Like most Syrians, the retired man has felt the economic …

Kafountine, Senegal | AFP |  Most Senegalese farmers sell peanuts and vegetables, but in one hamlet lost in a mangrove swamp in the West African country’s south, only one crop is commercially viable — cannabis. Kouba, a village deep in the mangroves of Casmance and inaccessible by road, teems with caiman …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Licenses of traders attempting to export substandard horticultural products will be revoked in order to protect Uganda’s export interests. The measure was unveiled this morning by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries following a stern warning from the European Union about declining standards …