A Ugandan innovator has built a low-cost tractor to boost productivity for small scale farmers. The MV Mulimi tractor has been manufactured from locally sourced material. It can prepare land for planting, pump water for irrigation and thresh maize at an affordable cost. Watch the …
Despite previous efforts by the Government of Uganda to promote irrigation, less than 1 per cent of agricultural households practice irrigation in Uganda (UBOS 2010).
The area equipped for irrigation is less than 3 per cent of the total potential irrigable area in Uganda estimated at 567,000 hectares. Therefore, there is …
Samuel Ojok is a vegetable farmer in Otuke District in northern Uganda. Every tomato season, he grows two or more acres of tomatoes and other vegetables such as cabbage, green pepper, onions and watermelons.
He is never worried about his garden running short of water or getting affected by a change …
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