Farming Tips

By Christine Itado Inorganic fertilizers are chemical fertilizers that contain nutrient elements for the growth of crops made by chemical means. Robert Eligu an…

By Herbert Musoke Feeds take up about 70% of a poultry farm’s expenditure. Therefore, farmers have been advised to take a keen interest in…

By HERBERT MUSOKE       Feeds take about 70% of a poultry farm expenditure. Therefore, farmers have been advised to take keen interest about the quality…

By Joshua Kato         Ordinarily, the insects and worms that Tenwya fondly carries are scary to most Ugandans. But to him, this is money, it…

By Herbert Musoke    When you plan to venture into poultry as a business, you need to understand its profitability depends on how you handle…

By Agnes Nantambi   Makerere University Don Prof. Samuel Majalija has embarked on the campaign to promot clean piggery farming through the use of the Indigenous…

In Uganda, most mushroom farmers grow these edible fungi in a mixture of lime, cotton husks, rice straw (or any other agricultural residue). A…

Water hyacinth is one of the most noxious weeds in tropical and subtropical regions, and many attempts have been made to eliminate or control…

Free access to fresh cow manure permits pigs to avoid deficiencies in B-complex vitamins which may result if only the usual 5% or less…

Banana peels have high (over 75 percent) moisture content, which help animals to stay hydrated. They are a good source of minerals, especially potassium…