by CIKM_Unit | Feb 16, 2015 | News
Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and its Cotton Made in Africa (CMiA) initiative, are supporting Ugandan farmers through sustainable cotton farming. With successful verification of the Western Uganda Cotton Company (WUCC) and the cooperating cotton farmers, around 5,400...
by CIKM_Unit | Jan 19, 2015 | News
Most farmers engaged in growing the bean legume crop have been doing it on small scale mainly for food consumption sold in markets within the country. Beans are rich in protein, the reason why in Uganda, it is mainly consumed in schools. However, many families...
by CIKM_Unit | Jan 19, 2015 | News
As a retailer, Joseph Kizito Luwalira quickly realised that he was not going to make ends meet. He told Fred Muzaale how supplementing his income by growing banana changed his livelihood. My name is Joseph Kizito Luwalira. I am a resident of Nakaliro village in...
by CIKM_Unit | Jan 19, 2015 | News
When Florence Nakulumia, 70, a resident of Musongola village in Bugiri Town Council, retired from teaching at Bugiri Primary School in 1994, she started growing maize on a half an acre. But one day while in church, she heard the reverend cite the example of mushroom...
