Prona Agri-Business Matters

NARO equips farmers with skills in conservation agriculture By: Prossy Nandudu Pix:Prossy Nandudu As effects of climate change continue to present themselves in Uganda, there is a concern among stake holders that this could affect production hence plunging the country into a state of food insecurity. This so because it is the agriculture sector that is mainly feeling the effects which include prolonged droughts ,abrupt and heavy rains, pests and diseases, reducing soil fertility, low yields among others. The above have been made worse by some farmer practices that don't allow the soils to rest or that expose them to all the above the factors. The observation was made by Dr.Drake Mubiru a senior research officer at NARO during a training session of farmers on Conservation Agriculture at Namalere, Kawanda. The training was aimed at equipping farmers with skills under conservation farming to help them cope with effects of climate change. Thro...

Missionaries of the Poor, giving hope to abandoned, disabled children of Uganda By: Prossy Nandudu Pix: Prossy Nandudu Every hour there is a child being born with a disability. The next another child is being tortured and every day many are abandoned by their parents for many reasons including disability and abnormalities. Although the number of children with abnormalities abandoned by parents in communities, streets is not yet known the number is increasing according to Fr.Henry Lozano, head of the Good shepherd home based in Kisenyi, a Kampala suburb. A visit to this home, run by missionaries of the poor, you will appreciate the situation. At the Home in Kisenyi. As soon as you enter the home, you will be greeted by sounds of children groaning, shouting, crying, and hitting poles and laughter. This is because some of these children can not ably talk or ask for what ever they want, like food, explained one of the guardians. Whe...

He quit his job to make Honey wine, The story of an Enterprise development Specialist By: Prossy Nandudu Pix: Prossy Nandudu Ambrose Bugaari, an Enterprise development Specialist, has been working with farmers under different projects in Uganda for close to 13 years.  Throughout his work, he observed that most farmers didn’t have the capacity to add value to their products especially those from bees like honey.      It was in 2002 that he realized that there   few products from bees on the market, apart from honey ,honey combs, and candles, many   people knew nothing more about bees.  Having worked with farmers under different organizations, Bugaari therefore decided to start up his own business. “I saw that there was limited range of bee products on the market yet one can do a lot more from bees through its honey, as the main ingredient. Having observed that there were very few honey products on the market, he decid...