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The improved variety of cassava known as Nafe14 is grown on a gentle slope. Animal traction was used to plough 43 acres of land. The land was initially used for growing soya beans. The cassava garden has some trenches dug across so to control flooding and soil erosion. By this …

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 05/31/2017 9:03 a.m.

Fish farming, commonly referred to as aquaculture, is one of the common practices promoted by small, medium and large scale farmers in Amuru District, Northern Uganda. Labour, hoes, wheelbarrows, spades and slashers are used for establishment. The technology is established on a gently sloping physical environment located mainly at the …

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 07/03/2017 10:13 a.m.

Spring ground water reservoir to supply water for the fish pond during dry season to be harvested throughout the year.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 06/14/2017 4:11 p.m.

Collected poultry wastes are applied on a planted fruit garden growing mangoes, oranges, jack-fruits, pawpaw, lemon and vegetables such as green peas, tomatoes, cabbages and plantations of pine and eucalyptus for soil fertility improvement and increased production.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 05/02/2017 1:33 p.m.

Different varieties of mangoes such as Banganapalle, Alphonso, Kesar, Haden, Bombay, Kent, Keitt, oranges such as Washington Navel, Valencies, Tangarine, jack fruits and avacados are grown for purposes of household income and soil fertility improvement.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 05/19/2017 1:30 p.m.

Plastic tanks of 50 to 100 liters of water with taps are placed on high platforms. Perforated plastic tubes allow water to flow and drip irrigate vegetable patches. Home gardening, once established can be carried out throughout the year.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 06/08/2017 1:04 p.m.

Local rabbits are kept in a shade made of wood, iron sheet and wire mesh for manure production with the aim of obtaining animal manure for soil fertility improvement thus increasing vegetable and fruits production and household income.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 07/01/2017 2:44 p.m.

Crop rotation is a common practice used by farmers in northern Uganda. It involves the growing a series of different types of crops in the same field in sequential seasons to improve soil fertility, nutrition, income and food security .

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: betty adoch
• 05/31/2017 2:36 p.m.

Mixed Cropping of coffee (Coffea Canephora) , banana (Musa) and onions (Allium cepa) is a sustainable traditional land management practice that involves the growing of two or more crops (coffee, banana and onions) at the same time on the same field by smallholder farmers for increased production, food security and …

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: Babirye Irene
• 02/02/2018 3:41 p.m.

Sack gardening is a technology that consists of a series of sacks that are filled with manure, soil and small stones that enable water to drain, from the tops and sides of the sacks, often referred to as multi-stoney gardens to increase production.

• ຜູ້ສັງລວມຂໍ້ມູນ: Babirye Irene
• 03/22/2018 10:15 a.m.