The farmers are being organised in groups to work closely with the aforementioned partners who will be the main off-takers of the rice produced from the aforementioned scheme; thereby safeguarding ...

Benedict Muyagu, vice chairman, Butalejja District, points out that the Doho rice scheme has the capacity to sustainably meet all Uganda’s rice needs. “Every acre yields about 20bags of rice.

Grand schemes have come and gone but the area ... It's this potential that has seen Uganda go from having 400 rice farmers in 2004 to nearly 40,000 today. The area under cultivation has risen ...

WORK on the rehabilitation of Doho rice scheme in Butaleja district has begun. The Government recently allocated sh17b towards the renovation of the 145-acre rice scheme. The work was handed over ...

Doho rice scheme lies at an altitude of 1100–1220 ... large grain size and tolerance to the significant diseases of lowland rice in Uganda. The farmer fields were ploughed twice and puddled ...

This land in Uganda is not hers, but the rice germinating in it is. Thanks to generous neighbours, Queen grows enough to support 22 refugee children in her care. “Rice is so profitable for me right ...

In Uganda, there are mainly two types of rice grown. This is upland rice, which can be grown even on fairly dry areas and paddy rice that is specifically grown in swampy areas. Currently ...

John Mulumba Waswa, a plant breeder and head of the National Generic Centre at Entebbe, says these are species of wild rice varieties collected from Uganda’s forests and they are currently being ...

UK-based company Farland Investment is all set to begin commercial production of rice in Uganda from March to address food security and unemployment in Bangladesh and the East African country.