Norah Owaraga

Extension Weakest Point in Agriculture

The weakest point in our chain is not necessarily at the inspector level, it is at the agricultural extension level at the district local government level. We have begun recruitment of extension services providers and are 50 percent of our target. Over this financial year we shall reach 68 percent. If at the farmer level,…

GOU to import exotic animals for beef

We are encouraging our farmers, our cattle keepers, to start looking at agriculture in a different way, because they are selling only when they want money for school fees, someone is sick in the home. But now we want to introduce selling for cash and making our beef export a big industry. We are going…

OWC gives seeds without fertilizer, says Bbumba

Commercial agriculture is done in stages. You have those who are involved in production – you have the farm workers; those involved in processing; those involved in agri-business – selling pesticides; you have the produce dealers; you have the transporters, storage; and the experts. You also have financiers and exporters. Agriculture is one sector that…

MAAIF Plans Export-Oriented Large Scale Commercial Agriculture

We are interested in people with larger chunks of land.